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Consumerism and Degrowth

First, however, let’s talk more about degrowth itself. Ultimately, degrowth serves as an antithesis to the capitalist system that pursues infinite growth in spite of its ecological and social consequences. It calls for a descaling of production and consumption, enabling societies to live within their ecological means as determined by strong efforts in research and organization as opposed to private interests. Rather than organize societies efforts towards material accumulation and deal with the repercussions later, degrowth focuses on addressing real needs like resource equity.

Capitalism Can’t Save the Environment

In this piece, read about some of the effects of capitalism on the environment, how corporations have harmed the planet, and why capitalism will be unable to stop this cycle of consumerism and environmental degradation.

All Other Stories, ECOpinionPaul-Martin Fearon-HernandezFebruary 20, 2022opinion, ecopinion, Northwestern Environmental Classes, Environmental Class Recommendations, Northwestern Classes, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science, Northwestern Environmental Class Recommendations

Beware of Ecofascism

Ecofascists are defined as radical environmentalists who blame climate change on underdeveloped industrializing countries, multiculturalism, and overpopulation, with their solutions to these problems often being blatantly genocidal.

All Other Stories, FeaturesPaul-Martin Fearon-HernandezNovember 15, 2021Northwestern Classes, Northwestern Environmental Class Recommendations, ecofascism, genocide, global south, radical environmentalists

Environmental Class Recommendations

Northwestern offers a wide range of environmental-related courses. With such a varied and vast course list, it can be hard to determine what environmental classes are the best ones to take. The wide range of factors to consider like workload, professor teaching style, and content make narrowing down the list difficult even with CTECs. I’ll be discussing some characteristics of these classes and my personal experiences with them.

All Other Stories, ECOpinionHannah DemboskyNovember 10, 2021opinion, ecopinion, Northwestern Environmental Classes, Environmental Class Recommendations, Northwestern Classes, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science, Northwestern Environmental Class Recommendations

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