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      The Capitalocene, Part I: on the nature and origins of our ecological crisis

      The Journal of Peasant Studies
      Informa UK Limited

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            Over the past century, the total material wealth of humanity has been enhanced. However, in the twenty-first century, we face scarcity in critical resources, the degradation of ecosystem services, and the erosion of the planet's capability to absorb our wastes. Equity issues remain stubbornly difficult to solve. This situation is novel in its speed, its global scale and its threat to the resilience of the Earth System. The advent of the Anthropence, the time interval in which human activities now rival global geophysical processes, suggests that we need to fundamentally alter our relationship with the planet we inhabit. Many approaches could be adopted, ranging from geoengineering solutions that purposefully manipulate parts of the Earth System to becoming active stewards of our own life support system. The Anthropocene is a reminder that the Holocene, during which complex human societies have developed, has been a stable, accommodating environment and is the only state of the Earth System that we know for sure can support contemporary society. The need to achieve effective planetary stewardship is urgent. As we go further into the Anthropocene, we risk driving the Earth System onto a trajectory toward more hostile states from which we cannot easily return.
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              Labor and Monopoly Capital

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                Journal
                The Journal of Peasant Studies
                The Journal of Peasant Studies
                Informa UK Limited
                0306-6150
                1743-9361
                March 16 2017
                March 17 2017
                May 04 2017
                : 44
                : 3
                : 594-630
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                10.1080/03066150.2016.1235036
                d915a7f0-f4e2-4de7-ada2-4364ca8b20b4
                © 2017
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