The case for ‘Climate Popularism’: A new politics for an age of ecological crisis
Climate resilience and adaptation remain largely neglected in UK politics, a glaring omission our proposal aims to address.
October 27, 2026
The world’s highest court ruled in favor of climate and environmental protections. Why hasn’t anything changed?
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice said what scientists had been saying for forty years: states are legally obliged to protect the climate system.
October 27, 2026
Pilgrimage within the heart: On a trip to Scotland’s Isle of Iona, reflections on poetry and gathering
I’m writing this post from the Isle of Iona, a small island with a rich history.
October 27, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether climate suits can go forward
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a lawsuit seeking damages for climate-change-related harm to Boulder County can proceed.
October 26, 2026
How human ecology education can counter learned social hierarchies
Social hierarchies based on gender, race, appearance, and status are often learned rather than inevitable. Human ecology education offers one framework for helping people recognize these patterns and build more equitable relationships and communities.
October 26, 2026
What if fighting climate change could help tackle the crisis of male loneliness?
What’s now widely called the male loneliness epidemic is, on closer inspection, less about loneliness itself than about having nowhere to take it. Why shouldn’t combating climate change do the job?
October 26, 2026
In his new book, activist Chris Dixon teaches us that beating burnout in social movements requires strategy
“For the Long Haul” diagnoses the roots of burnout among organizers and offers lessons from movement elders to combat it.
October 23, 2026
Introducing the Sustainable Capital Markets Act: A proposal for reforming Wall Street
A new feeder bill for the Steady State Economy Act, the Sustainable Capital Markets Act (SCMA), is a launchpad for capital-markets reform.
October 23, 2026
Science Fiction Ecologies: How Octavia Butler used science fiction to think about ecological collapse – book excerpt
Environmental struggles were still on Butler’s mind as she brainstormed in the last years of her life for what would have been her last novel, Spiritus.
October 23, 2026
Washington State invests my pension in genocide. I’m demanding divestment
Workers across the US are demanding divestment from firms that profit from weapons and surveillance. I’m one of them.
October 22, 2026
Decolonizing food systems through bioregional eating
Food system change was a tool of colonization. If changing what people eat can change everything, then food system change can also be a tool of liberation.
October 22, 2026
Comfort, resilience, and healing: Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees – book excerpt
We do not need to bear witness to and grieve the loss of our tree kin, or other losses we might suffer, by ourselves. Trees, who have shown extraordinary resilience in the face of extensive injury, are companions well suited to our journey through sorrow to healing.
October 22, 2026














