Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability
Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2026
Education for Post-Growth
Education for post-growth entails both cognitive education and character education.
The transition from growth to post-growth will be a worldwide crisis of biblical proportions.
At such times of intense crisis, subjective character is as important as objective knowledge.
This edition includes several articles on critical issues of social and
ecological justice, and supplements on human relations and global
transition scenarios. The sequence of articles follows the see ~ judge ~ act
pattern (more or less, with some overlaps) and it is becoming
increasingly clear that the forthcoming transition from growth to
post-growth is not likely to be fair and peaceful if global population
and consumption keep growing. Can most humans adapt to supply
constraints? Peacefully?
SEEING
Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet? An Introduction to Degrowth
John Mulrow
Are we on the Edge of Collapse? Impressive Data from a Recalibration of the World3 Simulation Model
Ugo Bardi
Too Many Promises ~ Too Few Future Physical Goods
Gail Tverberg
A Seneca Cliff for Global Democracy?
Thorsten Daubenfeld
Today's Fractured Factoid: 2025 Update ~ Will the World, As We Know It, End in 2040?
Trenz Pruca
Equality Matters ~ When We Say that We Want Equality, What Do We Mean?
Vlad Bunea
Federal Land Management Reaches Full Sellout Under Trump
Kirsten Stade
The Trumpian Nightmare Has a Long Way to Go Before It's Over
C.J. Polychroniou & Alexandra Boutri
JUDGING
Socio-Ecological Polarization and Stages of Human Development, from Egocentrism to Ecocentrism
Clifton Ware
Electricity Price Squeeze: Something's Going to Give
Richard Heinberg
Why Collapse Is Inevitable ~ Part 1: The Nature and Nurture of Terminal Overshoot
William E. Rees
A Calmer Way Forward
Lyle Lewis
On Patriarchy, Masculinity, and How to Be a Good Man
Robert Jensen
Why Women's Leadership Strengthens Disaster Resilience and Environmental Stewardship
Reynard Loki
How to Feed the World and Save the Planet ~ A View from the Ground
Helena Norberg-Hodge & Henry Coleman
The Sunset of the Renewable Dream
Art Berman
ACTING
Nurturing Early Childhood Education in a Post-Growth World: Lessons from Everyday Practice
Nilgün Cevher Kalburan
Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives as the Last Line Protecting the Planet
Reynard Loki
Development As Equality: A Gender Lens on Progress and Its Hidden Barriers
Bina Agarwal
Education in a Sustainable and Just Society
Ted Trainer
Where's Our Outrage for the World's Hungry, Dying Poor?
Adam Parsons
The Pope's Call and the Response of Economy of Francesco: Goal 0 and the Fraternity Report
Secretariat, The Economy of Francesco
Lessons from Invasive Species that Humanity Refuses to Learn ~ A Call to Action
Gregg Lavoie
Taking on the Growth Monster ~ My Plea to Defenders of Mother Earth
Tony Povilitis
SUPPLEMENTS
Meditations on Man and Woman, Humanity and Nature
Dynamics of Growth, De-Growth, and Post-Growth
There is an annotated archive with links to all articles published since May 2005.
Human development in harmony with nature is the existential challenge of
our time. The mission of this journal is to foster human development
within the limits of an integral ecology.
You are invited to submit comments, suggestions, and articles for
publication. Deadline is the 15th of the month to be considered for the
following month.
