A Long Way to Venus
We may not end up like Venus, but we are already at the brink of a hot, unstable world well beyond our ability to cope as a civilization.
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Walking in an Oven World
Given the giant impression — think major meteor-sized explosion — we humans have made on Planet Earth, could we try something else?
Kevin Anderson: “The Uncomfortable Link between Climate and Equity”
On this episode, Nate is joined by climate scientist Kevin Anderson to discuss the possible paths of averting severe climate outcomes and how this is interconnected with equity.
We should have listened to Jim Hansen
This is why degrowth advocates such as Richard Heinberg tell us we need to consider fundamental economic assumptions. It isn’t just the climate, but the unraveling of ecosystems around the world.
Your Legal Right to a Healthy Environment: Juliana Redux
Whatever the outcomes of the Juliana, Held, and other related lawsuits, I believe that the next generation of political leaders will guide the nation to a low-carbon economy in no small measure because these cases are serving as lessons in democracy and the power of youth.
Needed: Either Degrowth or Two Earths
I remain convinced that a phaseout of fossil fuels is a small but urgently needed first step that could lead to degrowth and eventually a steady-state society that lives within ecological limits.
Is there a way forward?
The threat to democracy is recognized, and the fight for a democratic future is joined. All is not lost, but it is already a close call.
Let’s not declare war on climate change
We can choose to live with it or fight against it, but it would serve us well to remember what Rachel Carson told us 60 years ago: “We are a part of nature, and our war against nature is inevitably a war against ourselves.”
Climate Action Epistemology Part 6: Developing an Intellectually and Politically Active Culture
It’s essential to understand that knowledge is power, to have a solid analytical framework with the right guiding questions, and to work with others to share the significant costs involved in becoming deeply informed.
Sailing on Planet Titanic
As I sit down to write this, April 15, 2023, it is 111 years to the day since the RMS Titanic sank beneath the waves of the North Atlantic.
Climate Action Epistemology Part 5: Power Relationships in the IPCC Mitigation Report
We’ll need a much deeper analysis of both elite opposition and the strategies and tactics employed by social movements, however, to effectively plan to overcome political barriers to the transition.
Kim Stanley Robinson: “Climate, Fiction, and The Future”
On this episode, Nate is joined by climate science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss how he contributes to the discussion of climate and pro-social changemaking through writing.