Half-Earth Socialism

A plan for a practical utopia to save the earth and grant the good life to all

In this thrilling and capacious book, Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass challenge the inertia of capitalism and the left alike and propose a radical plan to address climate disaster and guarantee the good life for all. Consumption in the Global North can't continue unabated, and we must give up the idea that humans can fully control the Earth through technological "fixes" which only wreak further havoc.Rather than allow the forces of the free market to destroy the planet, we must strive for a post-capitalist society able to guarantee the good life the entire planet. This plan, which they call Half-Earth Socialism, means we must:rewild half the Earth to absorb carbon emissions and restore biodiversitypursue a rapid transition to renewable energy, paired with drastic cuts in consumption by the worlds wealthiest populationsenact global veganism to cut down on energy and land useinaugurate worldwide socialist planning to efficiently and equitably manage productionwelcome the participation of everyone even you!Accompanied by a climate-modelling website inviting readers to design their own 'half earth,' Vettese and Pendergrass offer us a visionary way forwardand our only hope for a future.

Auteur

Troy Vettese is an environmental historian and a Max Weber fellow at the European University Institute, where he is affiliated with the ECOINT project. He studies the history of environmental economics, energy-systems, and animal life under capitalism. His writing has appeared in Bookforum, New Left Review, the Guardian, n+1 and many other popular and scholarly publications.

Drew Pendergrass is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering at Harvard University. His current research uses satellite, aircraft and surface observations of the environment to correct supercomputer models of the atmosphere. His environmental writing has been published in Harper’s, the Guardian, Jacobin, and Current Affairs.

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A plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all

Résumé
A plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all

Contenu

Introduction

1. Binding Prometheus
2. The New Republic
3. Planning the Half-Earth
4. News from 2047
   Epilogue: An Epoch of Rest