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Labour, as a conscious activity, transforms natural resources into use values
Labour, as a conscious activity, transforms natural resources into use values


    1. Causes of the ecological crisis
1. Causes of the ecological crisis
    • Technological system is destructive?
    Technological system is destructive?
    • Population growth destroys nature?
    Population growth destroys nature?
    • Reconsider the relationship with of society with nature in a concrete historical and social context
    Reconsider the relationship with of society with nature in a concrete historical and social context
    2. Marxist concepts explain the productivist nature of capitalism  
2. Marxist concepts explain the productivist nature of capitalism  
    • Use value and exchange value  
    Use value and exchange value  
    • Production of exchange value becomes independent of human needs
    Production of exchange value becomes independent of human needs
    • General aim is accumulation of capital
    General aim is accumulation of capital
    • Competition between capitals is necessary
    Competition between capitals is necessary
    • Result is permanent increase of production and constant growing environmental degradation
    Result is permanent increase of production and constant growing environmental degradation
    3. Short history of the development of capitalism
3. Short history of the development of capitalism
    • Enclosures movement in England
    Enclosures movement in England
    • Farmers expulsed form their land: landless poor will become later the proletariat in factories
    Farmers expulsed form their land: landless poor will become later the proletariat in factories
    • Separation of country side and towns
    Separation of country side and towns
    • Capitalist dynamics of accumulation spread over the world
    Capitalist dynamics of accumulation spread over the world
    • Industrialisation in 19th century is the cause of an erupting ecological crisis
    Industrialisation in 19th century is the cause of an erupting ecological crisis
    • Mercantilism: plundering of natural resources and genocides in colonies
    Mercantilism: plundering of natural resources and genocides in colonies
    • First monocultures of export crops
    First monocultures of export crops
    • New slave based economy put in place
    New slave based economy put in place
    • Industrial revolution based on factories in cities and on burning of coal for steam engines
    Industrial revolution based on factories in cities and on burning of coal for steam engines
    • Growing differentiation in agriculture
    Growing differentiation in agriculture
    • Intensified destruction of tropical forests
    Intensified destruction of tropical forests
    • The fertility crisis and its solution chemical fertilisers
    The fertility crisis and its solution chemical fertilisers
    • Second industrial revolution : discovery of oil and mechanisation based on electricity
    Second industrial revolution : discovery of oil and mechanisation based on electricity
    • New sectors in 20th century: car industry, petrochemicals, aeronautics, farming and building engines
    New sectors in 20th century: car industry, petrochemicals, aeronautics, farming and building engines
    • Agribusiness: pesticides and chemical fertilisers; GMO’s
    Agribusiness: pesticides and chemical fertilisers; GMO’s
    • New materials such as  plastics, pesticides growing poisoning of all ecosystems
    New materials such as  plastics, pesticides growing poisoning of all ecosystems
    4. New global problems emerge in the 1970’s
4. New global problems emerge in the 1970’s
    • Hole in ozone layer: problem solved by regulations not by market forces
    Hole in ozone layer: problem solved by regulations not by market forces
    • Global warming caused by greenhouse gasses: most dramatic and urgent problem  
    Global warming caused by greenhouse gasses: most dramatic and urgent problem  
    • Neoliberalism worsens the ecological crisis
    Neoliberalism worsens the ecological crisis
    • Capitalist pseudo-solutions
    Capitalist pseudo-solutions
    5. Necessity of an ecosocialist alternative
5. Necessity of an ecosocialist alternative
 
 
 
Is the environmental crisis caused by the 7 billion or the 1%? [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article26151]
 
Irreversible damages: Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38927]
 
Resolution on the capitalist destruction of the environment and the ecosocialist alternative [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article44086]

Latest revision as of 15:22, 5 November 2019

Outline

The development of the capitalist ecological crisis

Humans produce their existence through social contacts

Labour, as a conscious activity, transforms natural resources into use values

1. Causes of the ecological crisis

    Technological system is destructive?
    Population growth destroys nature?
    Reconsider the relationship with of society with nature in a concrete historical and social context

2. Marxist concepts explain the productivist nature of capitalism

    Use value and exchange value 
    Production of exchange value becomes independent of human needs
    General aim is accumulation of capital
    Competition between capitals is necessary
    Result is permanent increase of production and constant growing environmental degradation

3. Short history of the development of capitalism

    Enclosures movement in England
    Farmers expulsed form their land: landless poor will become later the proletariat in factories
    Separation of country side and towns
    Capitalist dynamics of accumulation spread over the world
    Industrialisation in 19th century is the cause of an erupting ecological crisis
    Mercantilism: plundering of natural resources and genocides in colonies
    First monocultures of export crops
    New slave based economy put in place
    Industrial revolution based on factories in cities and on burning of coal for steam engines
    Growing differentiation in agriculture
    Intensified destruction of tropical forests
    The fertility crisis and its solution chemical fertilisers
    Second industrial revolution : discovery of oil and mechanisation based on electricity
    New sectors in 20th century: car industry, petrochemicals, aeronautics, farming and building engines
    Agribusiness: pesticides and chemical fertilisers; GMO’s
    New materials such as  plastics, pesticides growing poisoning of all ecosystems

4. New global problems emerge in the 1970’s

    Hole in ozone layer: problem solved by regulations not by market forces
    Global warming caused by greenhouse gasses: most dramatic and urgent problem 
    Neoliberalism worsens the ecological crisis
    Capitalist pseudo-solutions

5. Necessity of an ecosocialist alternative


Is the environmental crisis caused by the 7 billion or the 1%? [1]

Irreversible damages: Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study [2]

Resolution on the capitalist destruction of the environment and the ecosocialist alternative [3]