Our paper on the way we subsidise harmful practices by turning a blind eye to the harm done DOI: 10.26686/pq.v18i4.8015 joy-marriot-chapple-2022-pq-levelling-the-grazing-paddockDownload https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/view/8015
Electrifying the Titanic, Dangerous Delusions in a Polycrisis (recording of my seminar)
Electrifying the Titanic is my analogy to reveal the limitations of the “electrify everything” proposed solution to humankind’s dilemma. We could replace the Titanic’s old polluting old coal/steam engines with electric engines, but she would hit the iceberg anyway. The iceberg in my analogy is all the other existential crises we face. I highlight the... Continue Reading →
A critique of the Sustainable Business Councils latest greenwashing & self delusion report. (interview)
An interview with Francesca Pouwer on SBCs latest report Driving Sustainable Growth: Opportunities for New Zealand’s Economy for Climate Crisis Action Aotearoa. This aired on Access Radio on August 9th 2026
From Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence fo…
From Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-Crisis Check out new publication, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/australian-journal-of-environmental-education/article/from-miserable-pedagogies-to-anthropocene-intelligence-for-universities-in-the-metacrisis/3F88B03A8ADBE857E634642A21BE6946
My Submission on the Freshwater National Direction Consultation
Freshwater package 3 draft (1) Mike JoyDownload
The fossil fuel-powered lives of excess we in the wealthy world see as normal are not. What’s being swept under the rug in the clean energy debate?
Biophysical limits are real and non-negotiable – they simply cannot be compromised, regardless of whether the extraction is for ‘carbon-free energy’ or anything else. The goal of electrification to address climate change is laudable. The problem is that it’s being seen in isolation, ignoring the reality that climate change is just one of a raft... Continue Reading →
