Sobering yet hopeful
Great review of Malthus Enigma by Dan Hoornweg:
"This book provides an excellent summary of where we are as our collective impacts have now crossed seven planetary boundaries. How did human nature, technologies and economies lead us to this quandary (the 'Malthus Enigma')?"
How about Chapter 1 on the Gift of Apollo? This recaptures the spirit of the 1960s environmental revolution and the promise of the ‘Age of Ecology.’
🟢 Out Now: Advanced Introduction to Industrial Ecology by Christopher Kennedy (@malthus-enigma.bsky.social)
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
A vital read for scholars and students of environmental studies, environmental and industrial economics and environmental politics and policy.
Just published my second book this year: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/adv.... Unlike 'Malthus Enigma', which is for a general reader, my new book is more technical. It draws upon 30 years experience advising governments and international institutions on climate and sustainability solutions.
Thanks for sharing this, Green Revolution.
Thanks for sharing this, Climate Change Steves.
Yes, indeed. Thanks for your ‘like’ Linda.
Here are some bookstores selling Malthus Enigma:
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Thanks Heather. I totally agree re. methane. Don't read too much into my N&S quote. I reject their approach in the final chapter, but find their dark yet hopeful quote fitting for wrapping up the Enigma.
I loved this interview about the MALTHUS ENIGMA on Robert Colangelo's Green Sense Show.
Listen to the Green Sense Minute:
greensense.podbean.com/e/chris-kenn...
Full episode:
www.greensenseshow.com/episodes/chr...
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 1: The Gift of Apollo
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 2: Malthusians and Cornucopians
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 3: Feeding the World While Saving the Planet
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 4: One Big Greenhouse
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 5: The Science of Sustainability
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 6: The Global Problématique
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 7: Ecological Economics
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 8: Industrial Ecology
MALTHUS ENIGMA
Chapter 9: Conclusions
The SEVEN QUESTIONS - each addressed in a chapter of MALTHUS ENIGMA
Delighted to announce that Malthus Enigma: Technology, Science, and Policy for a Fragile Earth is now published in hardcover and paperback.
Visualization of global annual temperatures from the BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The GREAT CRASH of October 1929 was a TIPPING POINT from the COAL AGE to the OIL AGE.
See the stock market data in:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
US 20th-century macroeconomic paradigms depended on energy supply. See my paper in Ecological Economics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Statistical tests show that real bituminous coal prices Granger-caused changes to Industrial Production, Money Supply and Income during the Great Depression.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Industrial production fell as real coal prices rose!
Proof that the Great Depression was caused by an energy transition
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
