The Answer is not the Status Quo – conclusion

By On 28 October, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles

It is extremely tempting to ignore the potential crisis that we may encounter despite all the obvious signs that there is a serious environmental problem, and that government may not be able to maintain its structure, and that our current rate of consumption is not in our best interest or in the interest of environmental [...]

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Starting with self sufficiency

By On 25 October, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles

Milbraith proposes the idea of ownwork, which is a form of work that is controlled by a person as an individual, a group, or a locality (Envisioning a Sustainable Society, 206). Ownwork, according to Milbraith, is not distinct from leisure, and it doesn’t encourage wealth. He also states [...]

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An Informed and Educated Body Politic

By On 10 October, 2010 · 1 Comment · In articles

As mentioned previously, returning to pre-scarcity levels may require coercive actions by the government to change current lifestyles toward a more environmentally friendly and sustainable culture. However, coercion should only be used as a last resort, in the event of a failure to create and implement a national information system that educates the public about [...]

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Conflict and Equality

By On 8 October, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles

It is assumed that environmental problems pertain to physical crises like deforestation, pollution, ozone depletion and food shortages, however, Frederick Buell points out in “From Apocalypse to Way of Life” that there are societal crises associated with environmental problems as well (75). Some of these societal crises include “intrasocietal [...]

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Scarcity and Democracy

By On 24 September, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles

It is increasingly easy to see, with the way major production companies oppose environmental protection policies, that our economic system does not work well with environmental protection (James Gustave Speth, “Red Sky at Morning”). We can also easily see, with the way [...]

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Impacts of Scarcity – intro

By On 18 September, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles

The following posts are segments from a paper I wrote during the summer for my sociology class (Scarcity and Modern Society). They will be posted in segments for easy reading, but I will be sure to link each post to one another as a reference guide as you follow my paper on scarcity.

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