Varied Views (Dark, Light, in Between) of Earth’s Anthropocene Age

| July 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment

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Date of Publication: July 15, 2015

Publication City: New York City, NY

Publisher: The New York Times Company

Author(s): Andrew C. Revkin

Newspaper: The New York Times

Andrew C. Revkin, an author known for his belief in the potential for a good human age, pulls perspectives from Australian ethicist and author Clive Hamilton, environmental writer and co-author of the Econmodernist Manifesto Mark Lynas, and science journalist and author Christian Schwägerl in an attempt to show the range of views on Earth’s Anthropocene.

The full article can be read through the link above. Additionally, a degrowth response to the Ecomodernist Manifesto by Jeremy Caradonna et al. that appeared in the MAHB Blog on May 19, 2015 can be found here.

What are your thoughts? Can the Anthropocene be a ‘good human age’? Please join the conversation in the comments section below.

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