To start the new year, Uncivilized Animals is covering new ground with its first ever interview-style post. The subject of this first interview is John F. Jacobi, founder of UNC Freedom Club and one of the editors of the group’s FC Journal. UNC Freedom Club describes itself as “an anti-industrial, ecological student group at the… Continue reading
Date archives "February 2015"
Book of the Day: the Degrowth Vocabulary
In industrialized societies, where so many people regard economic growth as the essence of human progress, the idea of deliberately rejecting growth is seen as insane. Yet that is more or less what the planet’s ecosystems are saying right now about the world economy. It’s also the message of an expanding movement, Degrowth, that is… Continue reading
Sean Cubitt at Openhere 2014
This was a talk given by Sean Cubitt, as part of the Openhere festival in Dublin, November 2014. “The media we use everyday have been described as immaterial, cognitive, friction-free and weightless but they are not so. Manufacturing, using and recycling digital media involve immense quantities of materials and energy. This talk looks at the environmental consequences… Continue reading
Everybody talks about capitalism – but what is it?
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In the wake of the financial meltdown and the euro crisis, a new interest in understanding capitalism has surged. So what is this system? It has the power to transform rural societies into bustling urban metropoles in only a decade,… Continue reading