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The ethics of climate generosity and the “Median Commons”: An experimental future within complexity

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Government and business are not solving the problems of climate change or ecological destruction. Indeed, they seem implicated in them through the politics of neoliberalism . This paper is an essay on applied philosophy, attending to a case study of the organisation Clean Energy for Eternity (CEFE), in the Bega region of NSW, and their use of “climate generosity” to make a local impact. This generosity operates by gifting solar panels to public buildings , and contributing to a new ethics. The paper explores how climate generosity can work with the complex systems of the world and contrasts with: a) neoliberal ethics and politics; b) ‘restricted property;’ and c) climate justice , to open new pathways. Climate generosity suggests a way of building relationships, habits, and new modes of operating which are more in tune with futures we need to develop for 'civilization' to survive.

Source: Futures

DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2024.103516

Author: Jonathan Paul Marshall

Institution: University of Technology Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Philosophy and Ethics

Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,550