Michael Every: “The Many -Isms of the Metacrisis”
On this episode, Nate is joined by financial analyst Michael Every to discuss global macro trends in economics, politics, and social movements.
Why we call it climate change
Our damage to the climate will make temperatures go up in many places, but in some places temperatures will plummet.
Framework for Resilient Communities
We are forming a network of small socially and economically cooperative communities that can survive and thrive as the neoliberal system continues to unravel.
A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
From an ecological point of view, the significance of the [archaeological] sequence is that the Amazonians have always very much managed the rainforest and rivers.
Making Community
If we consider that we as a people could soon face a climate-related collapse of our economic infrastructure, how might we avert this outcome? Or, failing that, be able to continue on while maintaining a civil society?
Ecology of the 1%
The bugs and bacteria and fungi of the radical underground economy metabolize and redistribute every resource without judgment of identity and rank, some of it circled back to feed the roots of plants while aboveground leaves open towards the sun to harvest the primitive accumulation of 1% from which all the world’s wealth trickles down.
Climate Politics: The View from Washington April 11, 2024
As has been the case over the past months, the chaos in the House continues to negatively impact Congress’ ability to respond to the critical issues of the day, including how to handle funding for Ukraine, Israel, and humanitarian aid for Gaza, and whether building new LNG export facilities in the US will be part of the deal.
Climates Timekeeper: How a Himalayan Clock Holds the Key to Climate Action
Peering back at the prehistoric cracks in the ice I see a clear picture, a quiet clock slowly ticking in reverse as if to keep track of just what kind of time we have left.
Are EVs Truly the Greenest Form of Transportation?
The electrification of energy should go global only if it is by and for those where the transition occurs.
Feeding Ourselves 2024 – Unlocking Local Food Economies
So what’s needed, and what can be done to help embed and amplify agroecological local food provisioning by communities, for communities?
Analysis: New oil and gas projects since 2021 could emit 14bn tonnes of CO2c
Burning all the oil and gas from new discoveries and newly approved projects since 2021 would emit at least 14.1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2), according to Carbon Brief analysis of Global Energy Monitor (GEM) data.
Degrowth Is Everywhere ~ Here and Now
Since alternatives are already partly there, in the everyday lives of all of us as well as in some institutions, we do not have to start from scratch. Just considering that these glimpses of alternatives exist is a reason for hope.
