Beyond Electric Cars and Renewable Energy

In this episode, Sarah and Sheri talk about why renewable energy and electric cars and green growth won’t save us – and how these things are linked to the same extractive, dominating worldview of the Doctrine of Discovery.

For more information:

• Link to Jason Hickel’s book Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World - https://www.jasonhickel.org/less-is-more
• Link to Jason Hickel’s article, “Degrowth is About Global Justice” - https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-01-07/degrowth-is-about-global-justice/?mc_cid=cf9bf47bad&mc_eid=85fe19af5d
• See chapters 7 and 8 of Sarah’s book, This Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery for more information on extraction and the impact it has on Indigenous communities. - https://www.mennomedia.org/9781513808291/the-land-is-not-empty/
• See this article about exponential growth and how our ignorance of it causes problems from how we deal with COVID to the climate crisis. - https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/07/16/Exponential-Growth-Proving-Lethal/
• This video talks about the difficulty of electrifying all sources of transportation, such as rail, shipping and air. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSV06Bxcm8
• This article talks about the growing scarcity of sand, which is the world’s most consumed raw material after water. - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/sand-shortage-the-world-is-running-out-of-a-crucial-commodity.html
• See this article for information about the San Carlos Apache’s fight to save Oak Flat from copper mining. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/04/12/oak-flat-apache-sacred-land/
• This article talks about the “decoupling delusion” – that is, decoupling GDP growth from resource and energy use. - https://theconversation.com/the-decoupling-delusion-rethinking-growth-and-sustainability-71996