The ethics of climate generosity and the “Median Commons”: An experimental future within complexity

Marshall, JP

The ethics of climate generosity and the “Median Commons”: An experimental future within complexity

Marshall, JP

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Futures, 2025, 166, pp. 103516
Issue Date:: 2025-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marshall, JP
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-15T05:17:13Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-15T05:17:13Z
dc.date.issued	2025-02-01
dc.identifier.citation	Futures, 2025, 166, pp. 103516
dc.identifier.issn	0016-3287
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/187747
dc.description.abstract	Government and business are not solving the problems of climate change or ecological destruction. Indeed, they seem implicated in them through the politics of neoliberalism. This paper is an essay on applied philosophy, attending to a case study of the organisation Clean Energy for Eternity (CEFE), in the Bega region of NSW, and their use of “climate generosity” to make a local impact. This generosity operates by gifting solar panels to public buildings, and contributing to a new ethics. The paper explores how climate generosity can work with the complex systems of the world and contrasts with: a) neoliberal ethics and politics; b) ‘restricted property;’ and c) climate justice, to open new pathways. Climate generosity suggests a way of building relationships, habits, and new modes of operating which are more in tune with futures we need to develop for 'civilization' to survive.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT160100301
dc.relation.ispartof	Futures
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.futures.2024.103516
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
dc.title	The ethics of climate generosity and the “Median Commons”: An experimental future within complexity
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	166
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/New Faculty
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dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2025-06-15T05:17:12Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	166

Abstract:

Government and business are not solving the problems of climate change or ecological destruction. Indeed, they seem implicated in them through the politics of neoliberalism. This paper is an essay on applied philosophy, attending to a case study of the organisation Clean Energy for Eternity (CEFE), in the Bega region of NSW, and their use of “climate generosity” to make a local impact. This generosity operates by gifting solar panels to public buildings, and contributing to a new ethics. The paper explores how climate generosity can work with the complex systems of the world and contrasts with: a) neoliberal ethics and politics; b) ‘restricted property;’ and c) climate justice, to open new pathways. Climate generosity suggests a way of building relationships, habits, and new modes of operating which are more in tune with futures we need to develop for 'civilization' to survive.

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