Aaron Karp recently wrote a chapter for the book Liberty and the Ecological Crisis: Freedom on a Finite Planet. His chapter, “Defending and Driving the Climate Movement by Redefining Freedom,” explains why a cultural transformation away from consumerism is needed if we’re to undertake a rapid renewable energy transition. It argues that climate activists must vocally champion a holistic definition of freedom that values democratic participation over unlimited consumption, and seeks balance between humans’ relationship to one another and the natural world.
It can be read on his website: https://freedomsurvival.org/defending-driving-climate-movement-redefining-freedom/.
