It's gonna take some big ideas and even bigger actions for humanity to swerve the 2°C warming climate catastrophe coming down the road. So this week we're taking half the world away.
Joining us on the podcast are Drew Pendergrass (@pendergrassdrew) and Troy Vettese (@TroyVettese) the authors of "Half Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change, and Pandemics". Their book combines half earth re-wilding and the rich history of Utopian Socialism to illustrate a way of saving the earth from humanity and combating our hubris and domination of nature itself.
We discuss the works of Otto Neurath, Leonid Kantorovich and Stafford Beer; using neoliberal thinking against neoliberalism, how and why Malthusian ideas on over-population are embedded into society and the problems that arise from it, and how to create more efficient food chains through global veganism.
Links
Pick up a copy of half earth socialism from Verso books Here
Check out Drew and Troy's website for more info:
https://www.half.earth/
Play the Half Earth Socialism the game
https://play.half.earth/
Shout outs
UAWD - United All Workers for Democracy
@UAWD_Reform
Troy's girlfriend Xinyue
Minesh Parekh - congrats on being elected for Crookes and Crosspool in Sheffield
@min_esh
Fianna Hornby GND Councillor elected for Gorse Hill in Trafford
@fiannahornby
Angela Brown GND Councillor elected in Heywood
@Angel4brown598