Pa liw yw ‘twf’ economaidd?

Croeso i fy ail flog! Beth yn y byd sbardunodd fi i roi pin ar bapur neu redeg bysedd dros yr allweddell y tro hwn?

Mentrodd Comisiwn Newid yn yr Hinsawdd Cymru i Fangor a chroesawyd hwy drwy frecwast gan Rwydwaith WISE (www.wisenetwork.org) fel cyfle i’r Comisiynwyr a busnesau lleol gael cyfle i drafod sut i fynd ati i sicrhau ‘twf gwyrdd’.

Mae’n amlwg ers tro fod geiriau megis ‘gwyrdd’ a chynaliadwyedd’ yn golygu popeth a dim yn dibynnu ar bwy sy’n eu defnyddio. Anaml y byddant yn cyfeirio at y gwir broblem sef ein bod wedi’n cyfyngu i adnoddau un blaned ac nad oes yna blaned B (ymddiheuriadau nad ydi’r chwarae ar eiriau yna’n gweithio yn y Gymraeg!]. Rydym wedi’n caethiwo gan y model economaidd presennol i’r fath raddau fel bod bron pawb, yn gyhoeddus o leiaf, eisiau cael eu gweld fel pobl ‘realistig’ – hynny yw, busnes fel arfer gyda thamaid o wyrdd hwnt ag yma (heb amharu dim ar ‘greu swyddi’, twf mewn GDP at ati). Continue reading

The real colour of growth?

Welcome to my second blog! What is it that made me put pen to paper or fingertips on key board this time?

The Climate Commission Wales ventured to Bangor and WISE Network (www.wisenetwork.org) hosted a breakfast as an opportunity for the Commissioners and local business to discuss ways forward for ‘green’ growth.

It’s been obvious for a long time that words like ‘green’ and ‘sustainability’ mean many things to many people. Rarely do they address the real issue, which is that we have the resources of one planet, that there isn’t a planet B. We are so locked into our current economic model that almost everyone, in public at least, want to be seen to be ‘realistic’ – i.e. business as usual with dab of green on it somewhere (as long as it doesn’t get in the way of ‘job creation’ or increase in GDP and so on). Continue reading