Tag: green
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What is responsible investing?
At the bank, my investments were now viewed from the perspective of responsibility. A graph describing the level of responsibility of my investments had appeared on my profile: My responsibility was 62 %, while the bank’s recommendation is 80-100 %. I felt a little humiliated and guilty. I am not a professional investor. I have…
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What is the degrowth movement really about?
A Finnish Professor of Social Policy Heikki Hiilamo wrote (Finnish YLE site) in his column on 16.11.2023 about an important topic: the price of economic growth. According to him, radical environmental activists talk about a post-growth economy. According to Hiilamo, it is a dangerous utopia reminiscent of the failed social experiments of communism. In the…
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The Growing Dissatisfaction with the Green Party That Led to My Departure
I have always been fascinated by nature. Back in my teenage years, I was already involved when awareness of nature conservation began to grow in Finland as well, and people started talking about protecting trees from logging. I was also always interested in influencing. I wanted to make a difference in the things around me…
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Activism: How to Make a Difference in Your Community
Climate change is a scientific fact. How it is handled is based – or at least should be based – on scientific evidence, but also on rational logic: the fact that I turn off the lights in my apartment will not affect climate change in any way. Change is made by rational means. Not irrationally…
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