GREEN MILITARY NEW DEAL (GMND) / НОВЫЙ ЗЕЛЕНЫЙ ВОЕННЫЙ КУРС (НЗВК)
http://gmnd.org/
Eduardo Castillo Vinuesa (ES) | Iuliia Gankevich (RU) | Andrey Shevlyakov (RU)
The lack of planetary ecosystem governance has led to the appearance of many «Green New Deal» types of proposals across the world. Those are usually light on details, do not specify implementation methods and are nation-restricted. Most require a welfare state and set goals of affordable housing, medical care and education for everyone in order to implement the necessary metabolic changes.
The GMND project is considering the military establishment to see if it can be effectively repurposed for achieving these goals. National militaries seem to be a good conduit for direct measures since they are usually trusted by local government, less bound by red tape and have their own resources at ready. We consider various aspects of the military as welfare provider, logistics operator and manufacturing manager that could make it suitable for the task.
The research leads toward a paradoxical provocation. In order to become feasible, the GNDs should not only include the military but actually to enforce its repurposing as the main means through which it can become viable. The feasibility of the GND is not only linked to the evolution of the military towards a post-military, but premised upon it.
Credits:
The project was developed during The Terraforming 2020 at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, Russia
https://theterraforming.strelka.com/
Team: Eduardo Castillo Vinuesa, Iuliia Gankevich, Andrey Shevlyakov
Voiceover: Katie Carson
Web developer: Dmitriy Gusarov
Programme Director: Benjamin H. Bratton
Programme Tutors: Nicolay Boyadjiev, Liza Dorrer
We would like to thank everyone without whom it wouldn’t have happened
Executive Director for Education: Olga Tenisheva
Programme Producer: Elena Mozgovaya
Student Coordinator: Vlad Ilkevich
Special thanks to Elena Darjania, Anastasiia Noga, Tim Nosov and Stuart Turner for sharing their findings
TTF 2020 – Green Military New Deal