'Green capitalism' or Environmental Justice? A critique of the sustainability discourse

The sustainability discourse has been appropriated by neo-liberal capitalism. It is driving a key feature of capital’s response to the ecological crisis: the commodification of nature. This involves the transformation of nature and all social relations into economic relations, subordinated to the logic of the market and the imperatives of profit.The immediate outcome is the deepening of both social and environmental injustice.
 
Document Type: 
Local article
Publication
Date of publication: 
01/11/2011
Date of publication: 
2011
Author: 
Jacklyn Cock
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Published at the Helen Suzman foundation: https://hsf.org.za/