How ‘clean’ is the hydrogen economy?
While solutions exist to mitigate the environmental impact of the hydrogen industry, these will remain out of reach as long as political measures and industrial development do not align with the public interest.
Eco-Collapse Hasn’t Happened Yet, But You Can See It Coming
Clearly, there’s big trouble ahead and we won’t be able to say that no one saw it coming. In fact, a warning of ecological calamity that made headlines more than 50 years ago is looking all too frighteningly prescient right now.
Are the Young at the Heart of Biden’s Election Problems: What About Climate?
Are you willing to risk the election of someone as likely to seek a blanket pardon for the fossil fuel industry—for the damage it’s done to the health of the nation—as he is absolute immunity for himself for any crimes he might commit as the 47th president of the United States?
7 Thought Experiments for Earth Day
For this Earth Day in 2024 Frankly, Nate walks through 7 thought experiments geared towards imagining scenarios and outcomes for ourselves, society, and the planet.
Among the ancestors
It seems unlikely to me that many of the modern-day technological appurtenances so baffling to my mother will count among the gifts that present generations hand on to succeeding ones.
The Biodiversity Principle
The Biodiversity Principle acts to de-center humans, and frees us up to admire and enjoy the luck we have. It shifts focus to the more-than-human world, so that we might treasure the biodiversity we witness and are a part of—and then perhaps act like it!
Presidential immunity and the ‘Dark Age Ahead’
I’ve been thinking about Jane Jacobs’ book, Dark Age Ahead, as I’ve contemplated the idea that former presidents of the United States should be immune from prosecution.
Research on Psychological Effects of Natural Disasters
The need to address mental health in response to the climate crisis (and related calamities) is not new. In his 2007 book Peak Everything, Richard Heinberg described important research findings on how people respond in the aftermath of disasters, such as drought, famine, and societal collapse. The research he presented is all the more relevant today, given how industrial societies have failed to reverse overshoot.
Emotional Resilience: Curated List of Resources
This list of resources is meant to give Resilience+ members a collection of ideas, tools, and organizational contacts that can help build emotional resilience. Thanks to Leslie Davenport, climate psychologist and advisor to Post Carbon Institute, for helping to prepare this list. Resilience+ members are encouraged to seek the support they need to navigate stressful situations and maintain the emotional stamina required to engage in transformational change.
Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Turbulent Times
Lise van Susteren, psychiatrist and author of Emotional Inflammation, and Dekila Chungyalpa, innovator of faith-led environmental partnerships and director of the Loka Initiative, headline this 75-minute webinar to discuss positive ways to find equilibrium while experiencing the ongoing effects of the polycrisis.
Discussion Session with the Good Grief Network: Lessons and Practices for Facing the Great Unraveling
LaUra Schmidt of the Good Grief Network will lead an interactive session featuring grounding exercises, reflections on the webinar with Lise van Susteren and Dekila Chungyalpa, chances to share your experiences with eco-anxiety, and deep listening among colleagues.
Crazy Town 85. Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time
From the top of a skyscraper in Dubai, Jason, Rob, and Asher chug margaritas made from the purest Greenland glacier ice as they cover the “merits” of globalism. International trade brings so many things, like murder hornets and deadly supply chain disruptions. The opposite of globalism is localism — learn how to build a secure local economy that can keep Asher alive, hopefully at least through the end of the season.
