Crazy Town: Episode 131. Finding Crazy Town Part 3: Unlimited Limits to Growth
Can our economy keep growing forever on a finite planet?
August 26, 2026
The case for smartphones as a contributor to falling birth rates
Among economic stress, affordability, and climate change dread, is smartphone use another factor in the downward trend in fertility rates?
August 26, 2026
Affordability, not scarcity, is the real energy crisis
In this post, I examine differences in economic behaviour by comparing two types of periods: those with low energy affordability and those with high energy affordability.
August 26, 2026
Donald Trump gives decline new meaning
Donald Trump’s America is undoubtedly going to give imperial decline new meaning, while just one major power seems to be on top (so to speak) of the situation in any way whatsoever. And that power is, of course, China.
August 25, 2026
Why I paint endangered species as sacred icons
I started painting endangered species the way I once painted saints and angels. Each painting became a kind of prayer and an appeal to our capacity to widen our love and awaken our conscience.
August 25, 2026
The Australian oyster reef revival
A successful restoration project on the Adelaide coast is raising hopes for the future of a long-lost ecosystem.
August 25, 2026
Inside the struggle to dismantle America’s greenhouse gas data
New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.
August 24, 2026
Are we in a multipolar world yet?
Everyone is now on board with the theory of multipolarity. But now that it’s mainstream that unipolarity is dead, it’s time to ask: is the world actually becoming multipolar?
August 24, 2026
What fighting back actually looks like
In an old cottonwood tree in Arizona, a small group of Americans are doing what lawsuits and letters couldn’t.
August 24, 2026
Four food safety laws under threat from the ‘Save Our Bacon Act’
For several years now, a few Republican lawmakers and their Big Ag allies have pushed federal legislation to effectively preempt, or block, state food safety and animal welfare laws.
August 21, 2026
Building an earthship in South Australia – YouTube documentary review
More than just a record of the build, the film is a thoughtful exploration of the knowledge, values and community spirit behind Earthship construction.
August 21, 2026
From seeds to survival: A farmer’s story from Tajikistan
For a farming community that depends on seasonal consistency, climate change creates uncertainty at every stage of production.
August 20, 2026














