by David Shreve What are supposed to be the advantages of the free-trade consensus that has emerged in the last century? Yes, innovative technologies and techniques have made their way around the globe. The diffusion of digital communications, managerial technology, advanced materials engineering, and efficient shipping techniques are but a few prominent examples. The openness and complexity of the global trading system have facilitated this diffusion. Additionally, trade based on “comparat...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Liberty County, Florida, is a biodiversity hotspot, highly prioritized and protected from the economy at the gates. Can it be KEPT great?| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The steady state economy is the sustainable alternative to the ravages of growth in the 21st century. Help get us there—join CASSE today!| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by Amelia Jaycen The Colorado River has a simple math problem: More water is taken out than nature refills every year. The gap between the two is also widening. Every year, an increasing amount of water is taken out of the Colorado River, as demand for water increases across the arid American West. Meanwhile, every year less water is available in the river and its tributaries as climate change and other manmade stressors cause imbalances in natural systems. The post Growth of an Economy, Deat...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by Alix Underwood The world looked poised to end hunger in the mid-2010s, after decades of decline in the percentage of the population that is undernourished. People often attribute progress in the late 20th century to the technological advances of the “Green Revolution.” However, the revolution’s costs and benefits, and their distribution, are hotly contested. Many experts instead point simply to economic growth as the primary factor responsible for poverty reduction and, The post Has ...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
CASSE introduces the Sustainable Population and Immigration Act, leading toward demographic diplomacy premised on steady statesmanship.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by Dave Rollo Stafford County, Virginia, is one of the oldest counties in the United States. Unsustainable development threatens its agrarian culture and residents’ quality of life. Uniquely, the local government has tools to measure the negative impacts of growth. However, they continue to incentivize big-box commercial and retail development. They are changing zoning, extending infrastructure, and failing to increase impact fees. The county’s supervisors are serving developer interests,...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
A giant in philanthropy has left the world he strove to help. But Peter Seidel was more: architect, futurist, author, and beloved soul.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by Bart Hawkins Kreps Auto industry voices in Canada have made headlines recently by urging a longer timeline for the transition to electric cars. We should hope that Prime Minister Mark Carney does not give in to this demand. Yet even if Canada’s federal government sticks to the current policy, and Canadian new car sales are 100 percent zero-emission by 2035, carbon emissions will decline much more slowly than the world needs. The post Carbon and Canada’s Cars: “Business As Usual, Elec...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Tucker County, WV, is a biodiversity hotspot, now threatened by a huge data center. Citizens have the expertise to minimize harm.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Opinion by Alix Underwood The Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) Annual Meeting concludes today in Baltimore, Maryland. Of the dizzying multitude of topics on the agenda, the most prevalent were wildlife conservation, forest ecology, and climate change. Meeting sessions focused on niche aspects of these topics: threatened wader species on Sonadia Island, the effects of endemic mistletoes on forest-floor invertebrates, and the impacts of warming on interactions between plants and symbiont...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
In the Amazon, "clean" energy projects, including mining for transition minerals, are being greenwashed. Indigenous peoples are resisting.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
We’ve generated so much data we have to compete with data centers for power and water. Maybe it’s time to say, “Enough is enough.”| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
From forests and mines to electric utilities, the Natural Resources and Electricity Cap-and-Trade Act sets a sweeping, sustainable precedent.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Neither Dems nor Reps proffer a sustainable tax code. CASSE does, with graduated tax rates, depletion taxes, Sustainability Trust Fund, etc.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Elon Musk and DOGE give budget cutting a bad name. They slash to free polluters for dumb growth! Read instead about the sustainable approach.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Meet the staff of CASSE, the one organization dedicated explicitly to advancing the steady state economy as a policy goal and consumer ethic.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Kyiv Communiqué provides unique critique of Nord 2 Pipeline; international consortium questions merits of GDP growth as project goal.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
We should "make" the county great "again" when it's beautiful to start with? Better to KEEP it great by protecting it from the GDP bulldozer!| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Degrowth and steady-state movements are allied historically and logically. They should be politically as well.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Top 15 policies of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy for the transition from growth to a steady state economy.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Articles from the CASSE blog, the Steady State Herald, published Thursday mornings, with analysis and opinion on a wide range of sustainability topics.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
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Coming out of the COVID pandemic, we’ll need a Full and Sustainable Employment Act for transitioning to a steady state economy.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
GDP is readily convertible to the ecological footprint, making it an indispensable metric for recognizing and communicating limits to growth.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Sprawl is a problem in Vermont, but citizens have begun to have some success in opposing additional low-density development.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The world could be facing a new energy crisis as unconventional sources of oil, such as shale oil, begin to be depleted.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Density is needed in urban development to minimize sprawl, but density can be achieved in better and worse ways.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Local officials should prioritize the preservation of features like environmental assets that make counties great.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
