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This is the first part of a conversation between Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Jem Bendell, professor of sustainability leadership at the University of Cumbria, and author of the now famous 2018 Deep Adaptation paper that claimed that we’re on an inevitable path to civilisational collapse.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/conversation-with-jem-bendell-part-1-is-industrial-capitalism-coming-to-an-end
Part 2 is here: youtube.com/watch?v=Q-voPbrefR0
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to: a) bring their work to a wider audience b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts c) stimulate debate d) help to build the new economy.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
JemBendell.com: jembendell.com
Breaking Together: schumacherinstitute.org.uk/product/jem-bendell-book
Deep Adaptation: jembendell.com/2019/05/15/deep-adaptation-versions
Here’s what we mean by new economy: lowimpact.org/categories/low-impact-economy
Highlights:
• The collapse of capitalism is a process not an event, and it’s more than inevitable – it’s already underway.
• The debt-based money system is the core of our problems. So either we need monetary reform (which isn’t going to happen) or we need to get stuck into building a new system.
• We’ve all grown up with this money system, and been manipulated and coerced into a destructive approach to life. We don’t know what it would be like to live free of that – how much we could be co-operating with each other, rather than harming each other and nature.
• It’s really simple – getting people reconnected with their neighbours to grow food together, to cook together, to play together, to share resources, to help each other out. It’s not new.
This is the first part of a conversation between Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Jem Bendell, professor of sustainability leadership at the University of Cumbria, and author of the now famous 2018 Deep Adaptation paper that claimed that we’re on an inevitable path to civilisational collapse.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/conversation-with-jem-bendell-part-1-is-industrial-capitalism-coming-to-an-end
Part 2 is here: youtube.com/watch?v=Q-voPbrefR0
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to: a) bring their work to a wider audience b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts c) stimulate debate d) help to build the new economy.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
JemBendell.com: jembendell.com
Breaking Together: schumacherinstitute.org.uk/product/jem-bendell-book
Deep Adaptation: jembendell.com/2019/05/15/deep-adaptation-versions
Here’s what we mean by new economy: lowimpact.org/categories/low-impact-economy
Highlights:
• The collapse of capitalism is a process not an event, and it’s more than inevitable – it’s already underway.
• The debt-based money system is the core of our problems. So either we need monetary reform (which isn’t going to happen) or we need to get stuck into building a new system.
• We’ve all grown up with this money system, and been manipulated and coerced into a destructive approach to life. We don’t know what it would be like to live free of that – how much we could be co-operating with each other, rather than harming each other and nature.
• It’s really simple – getting people reconnected with their neighbours to grow food together, to cook together, to play together, to share resources, to help each other out. It’s not new.
