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How Inclusive Utility Investments bring the energy transition to rural residents

By expanding the prevalence of IUI programs, and making sure the specifics of these programs are tailored to the benefit of working people, it is possible to effectively tackle both the climate crisis and affordability crisis at once.

February 5, 2025

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This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups

The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois.

February 5, 2025

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Waste Not

When I talk about being an Earthling, I am not talking about symbolism. I am talking about work and care and the responsibility of being part of a healthy whole. This is what being part of the land means.

February 5, 2025

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Farmers Markets Can Be a Form of Climate Action. Here’s How.

A 2008 study found that individuals without access to supermarkets were 25 to 46 percent less likely to maintain a healthy diet. Farmers markets, supported by federal, state, and private food assistance programs, are helping to bridge the gap by offering a direct distribution model.

February 4, 2025

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While plastic dominates human consumption, the global economy will remain hooked on fossil fuels

Plastics, and the wider petrochemical industry, played a crucial part in the transformation of global capitalism from the mid-20th century onwards.

February 4, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence and the Lost Ark

In this Frankly, Nate explores seven potential macro-risks associated with AI, from the amplification of wealth inequality to the (literal) existential threat of superintelligence. Through the lens of ‘obligatory technology’ and Jevons paradox, he examines how AI could turbocharge the economic superorganism – accelerating its impact on resource extraction, ecosystem degradation, and human meaning – all while fragmenting our shared reality and concentrating power in dangerous ways.

February 3, 2025

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Future Natures: On Seeing Commons through Popular Genres

Led by anthropologist and research fellow Amber Huff, Future Natures explores “ecologies of crisis, commons, and enclosures,” but its chief output isn’t monographs and books. It’s an exuberant array of creative works in popular genres like comic books, zines, social media, videos, and podcasts.

February 3, 2025

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