Fred GuerinJun 3, 20203 minOn Possible Paths to the FutureWhat’s needed now is neither fatalism nor utopianism, but a suite of practical pathways for families and communities that lead to a real...
Fred GuerinMay 25, 20205 minFatalism: The Default Doctrine in an Age of Climate CatastropheOur present neoliberal capitalist world leaders counsel us to passively submit to what they say over and over is ‘the best of all...
Fred GuerinMay 25, 20203 minOn the Paradox of Consumption In an Age of Climate WarmingThe Wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as an immense accumulation of...
Fred GuerinMay 25, 20203 minOn Animal Welfare and Animal Rights"Other animals, which, on account of their interests having been neglected by the insensibility of the ancient jurists, stand degraded...
Fred GuerinMay 25, 20202 minOn Philosophy, Politics and Climate ChangeWhat to do about climate change is not simply a question for activists, scientists, politicians and economists—it’s a question for...
Fred GuerinMay 24, 20203 minOn Reclaiming the Canadian CommonsWhat is common to the greatest number gets the least amount of care. (Aristotle, Politics) The word ‘common’ means “together in one”. In...
Fred GuerinMay 24, 20202 minConsumption is the Root ProblemThere is an inescapable logic regarding the relation between consumption, energy and climate warming that it seems we humans would rather...
Fred GuerinMay 24, 20202 minMeetings on the Road to the Climate Warming ApocalypseEver wonder why multi-billion dollar oil and gas companies pay little in the way of royalties and are subsidzed by the federal government...
Fred GuerinAug 13, 20198 minWe Must End Neoliberalism, or Neoliberalism Will End UsIn his seminal political essay, “The Power of the Powerless,” the dissident playwright and philosopher Vaclav Havel argued that becoming...
Fred GuerinJun 25, 20192 minIndustry Propaganda On Toxic Tailings PondsThis is how propaganda works: present facts selectively so that they take on the appearance of objective information. The video below,...
Fred GuerinJun 25, 20194 minNeoliberal Capitalism v. Planet EarthCapitalism configures our culture, our language, our perceptions, our habits of mind and our experience in both general and specific...
Fred GuerinJun 25, 20194 minA Car-Less WorldI know this might sound like blasphemy coming from someone who supports alternative energy options. But the reality is that we are never...
Fred GuerinJun 25, 20192 minSCC Decision: Polluters Must Pay for Clean-upFebruary 4, 2019 Yesterday the SCC decided on a case that will have profound legal and environmental implications. They ruled that those...
Fred GuerinJun 25, 20192 minOn Resistance to and Denial of the Science of Climate Change"Remember and then forget again. Climate change is like that; it's hard to keep it in your head for very long. We engage in this this odd...
Fred GuerinJun 25, 20193 minIs A 'Green' Capitalism Possible?I have my doubts about whether eco-capitalism or environmental capitalism is possible or even desirable. An authentically green approach...
Fred GuerinJun 24, 20199 minThe Human Being as Unwitting Research Object for Industrial ChemistryIn the popular science-fiction film The Matrix has its origin in a provocative philosophical thought-experiment called the “brain in a...