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A future of ‘fewer and less’ may be unavoidable. But how do we get there humanely?

With age, I’ve become more aware of the world’s complexity but also better equipped to come to simple, albeit painful, conclusions: We need to replace fantasies of endless growth with ideas about managing the contraction.


September 16, 2026

‘Earth keeps a ledger, and it is written in water’: Reflections on hurricanes, water cycles and inheritance

My family has feared water, depended on it, and moved uphill from it for four generations. The watching was never the point. What we did with what we saw was the point.


September 16, 2026

Klamath River

Tribes of the Klamath Basin show us how to heal a river

With the tenacity of salmon swimming home, Un-dam the Klamath is liberating their river before our eyes.


September 16, 2026

The case for rewilding your backyard (and front yard too)

In the face of climate change, these small changes can support the recovery of declining populations of birds, insects, and other pollinators.


September 15, 2026

Confronting climate failure: How we dig ourselves out of the climate-catastrophe hole – Part 2

Humanity has dug itself into a hole. The first step to digging ourselves out is to acknowledge the depth of our civilizational failure.


September 15, 2026

We evolved to cooperate. So how did we create unequal societies?

For all our flaws, we evolved toward community and cooperation. Toward enough. Yet somehow, we got Egypt. What happened between ten and five thousand years ago that made this possible?


September 15, 2026

Safety in NIMBers: Why cities can’t save nature from destruction

Frequent exposure to roadkill prompts my wife to say that this is why we should all live in cities. Leave the hinterlands to wild creatures.


September 14, 2026

Confronting climate failure in a summer of steaming oceans and devastated villages – Part 1

Humanity is faced with the greatest failure in its long existence. What can we do about it?


September 14, 2026

Planting mangroves in Mombasa

Healing the earth, one community at a time: Highlighting ERC’s global impact

Eight years ago, the Ecosystem Restoration Communities movement began with a simple but powerful belief: that everyday people everywhere could restore the land and, in doing so, restore hope for our shared future.


September 14, 2026

The real story behind immigration, work, and power

Why people migrate, who profits from division, and how working people can build power together.


September 11, 2026

Navigating the currents of change: A conversation with Indigenous activist Sammy Gensaw III

In this Q&A, Sammy Gensaw III discusses the intricacies of the Klamath River, the challenges posed by dam infrastructure, and the transformative power of grassroots activism. 


September 11, 2026

‘I had a crazy dream’: The couple sailing around the world to help coastal communities adapt to climate change

Nigel and Veronica traded conventional careers for a years-long voyage from the UK to New Zealand, using their journey to connect with coastal communities facing increasingly severe climate risks.


September 11, 2026

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