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Essays on planetary boundaries, energy transitions and the contradictions of the green economy.

Sustainability Industry: Profiting from Crisis
21 Feb 2026·1 min

Sustainability Industry: Profiting from Crisis

The sustainability industry expands as the crisis deepens, turning systemic failure into measurable, manageable processes. Instead of eliminating unsustainability, it often sustains it—rewarding reporting over results, complexity over clari

Greenwashing: The Trojan Horse of Climate Action
16 Sept 2025·1 min

Greenwashing: The Trojan Horse of Climate Action

The future of the climate fight will be decided by trust. “Net zero.” “Carbon neutral.” “A green future.”…

Redefining the Human-Nature Relationship: A New Contract for Sustainability
8 Jul 2025·1 min

Redefining the Human-Nature Relationship: A New Contract for Sustainability

Sustainability isn’t just about technology or efficiency—it’s a moral reckoning. True change begins when we redefine our relationship with nature as one of respect, not control.

The Fetish of Sustainability: A Critical Perspective
2 Jun 2025·1 min

The Fetish of Sustainability: A Critical Perspective

Sustainability, once a call for collective ecological transformation, has been rebranded as a lifestyle — consumed, hashtagged, and hollowed out. In this new green economy, the crisis isn’t solved; it’s sold back to us with better packaging

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