Saral Sarkar, Author at Ecologise

ALTERNATIVES

For saving the earth we need to tell the whole truth: A response to Richard Smith

8th January 2018

No doubt, capitalism has largely enabled the huge growth of human numbers in the last two hundred years. But human population growth has been occurring even in pre-capitalist eras. Parallel to this, also environmental destruction has been occurring and growing in these eras. It is not good to tell our readers only half the truth….

A hyper-image of a lanthanum carbonate, a rare-earth used in renewable energy generation

ZEISS Microscopy/Eco-business.com

ALTERNATIVES

The global crisis and the role of so-called renewable energies in solving it

29th July 2017

In this essay, a contribution to the‘Pathways to the Post-Carbon Economy’ symposium by Insurge Intelligence, the author argues persuasively that the much-hyped “renewable energy technologies” cannot play any role in solving the multifaceted global crisis of today; on the contrary, investing in them is a waste of time, effort, energy and, most important of all, scarce resources….

Climate Justice Action Network

ALTERNATIVES

What is Eco-Socialism? Who is an Eco-Socialist?

11th June 2017

The determinant element in the concept of eco-socialism is the prefix eco. And that means the rejection of industrialism. A good socialist only needs to rejects capitalism. But to be an eco-socialist one must also reject industrialism as a future perspective for mankind, and agree to a program of de-industrialization (now often clumsily called de-growth)….

ALTERNATIVES

The ecology movement is not a social movement: A response to John Foran

11th February 2017

There’s a fundamental difference between the ecology movement and social movements of the past. The demands of social movements could be fulfilled to a large extent, thanks to the growing cake. But with the emergence of the ecology movement, the situation has changed completely. Now, not only must the cake not grow, it must shrink….

ALTERNATIVES

Saving the planet, American style: A critical review, and some thoughts and ideas

8th October 2016

To fight climate change, a war-like mobilization a la McKibben is not necessary. Actually we are not at war at all. If we are, then it is we who are the aggressors, we are the enemy of nature. Then the first task for the transition is to end our aggression. We need only to withdraw….

CLIMATE CRISIS

A historic event or a fraud? Critical thoughts on the Paris Climate Accord

14th January 2016

Climate change is just the most glaring manifestation of real and deeper causes – the growing demands of a growing world population, while our natural resource base is dwindling and the ability of nature to absorb man-made pollution is diminishing – in short, the lunatic idea that in a finite world infinite growth is possible….