Shades Of Green - Erik-Jan van Oosten

History of environmentalism

Erik-Jan van Oosten

Junior Coordinator RUW

RUW opening Activity – #ShadesOfGreen – The many colours of environmentalism

Content:

• What are the “Shades of Green”?

• The history of green thinking

• Overview of current situation


Lightest shade

• Every problem can be solved with technology

• The economy needs to grow forever

• We can consume ourselves into sustainability

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Darkest shade

• Technology is the root of the problem

• And so is the economy

• Actually: civilisation itself is the problem

• Capitalism (or more generally: Extractivism) need to be overthrown if we want to survive.

http://nexusilluminati.blogspot.com/2011/10/deep-green-resistance-saving-world-with.html

Timeline


Early history

“Activist” roots: Don Quichot


Rousseau vs. Hobbes

Before civilisation mankind lived in abundance and

harmony with nature

Life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and

short and in no way better before we became civilised.

Noble wilde! Savage!


Timeline

Early history

Essay on the principles of population

Wealth of nations

Jevons Paradox


Thomas Malthus



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John miur


Timeline

19th and begin of 20th century


Jevons Paradox

Wealth of nations

1950’s

Green revolution

modernism

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Timeline



Jevons Paradox

Wealth of nations

1950’s

Green revolution

modernism

1970’s

Limits to growth

Silent spring

Small is beautiful

Tragedy of the commons


Limits to growth


K. Hubbert, Peak Oil


Determinist doomers:


Timeline



Jevons Paradox

Wealth of nations

1950’s

Green revolution

modernism

1970’s

Limits to growth

Silent spring

Small is beautiful


1990’s

Brundtland report

Rio Summit

Golden triangle


The second-last successful global conference on climate change


Timeline



Jevons Paradox

Wealth of nations

1950’s

Green revolution

modernism

1970’s

Limits to growth

Silent spring

Small is beautiful


1990’s

Brundtland report

Rio Summit

Golden triangle

Post 2008

Degrowth

Sharing economy

Climate justice

ecomodernism


Double crisis (1/2)


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Double crisis (2/2)

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Post 2008 environmentalism


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Post 2008 environmentalism: the Urgenda court case


New era?


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