environment

Claus Bryld, Translated from the Danish by Lars Nygaard: The Prophet of Conservatism. Edmund Burke

A DOUBLE BIOGRAPHY: Since the 1950s, Burke's ideas have undergone a renaissance. Opposition to rationalism and atheism is strong among the 40-50 million evangelical Christian Americans.

DESTROYED NATURE: : Profit hunting, illegal trade in wild animals and a growing population taking over natural areas, provide fertile ground for disasters. Covid-19 is not nature's revenge; we have done this to ourselves.

EUROPE: On 11 December, the European Commission presents the much-discussed Green Deal.

WAR AND ENVIRONMENT: The military-economic complex is a giant environmental sinner.

ORIENTERING 22. FEBRUARY 1969: Report from Iron Mountain is a scary satire that hits American social sciences and the armaments industry. The research report is a fictional document that shows what would happen if peace broke out, and concludes in a sober scientific language that war is a necessity for our social system. In this way, the book – which has now been published in Norwegian as Fakkel-bok fra Gyldendal – can also be read as a shocking revelation of habitual thinking and war preparations. The Danish author Carl Scharnberg chooses to read the book as an authentic and serious document and gives in this article a summary of the «research results».

ENVIRONMENT: New Extinction Rebellion should be taken seriously.

: Fear campaigns and images of enemies seem paralyzing action and make us believe that doomsday is near, writes columnist Susanne Urban. She is calling for a peace ministry.

: While the rest of the world has phased out dumping of mining waste at sea, Norway is one of five on land on the planet that continues to do so.

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez: We Rise. The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet

: A new, young voice fights for both indigenous peoples and the environment. In this way he spreads hope both to his own generation and to the elderly.

: The notion of nature as the source of harmony is deep in the ecological movement. Do we now need new stories about our species' survival?

: If you are one of those who think exaggerations about environmental destruction are well exaggerated, you should not read on.

Svein Hammer: The future of Norway. On the trail of a greener society

: In his new book, Svein Hammer makes many interesting reflections on a greener Norway