Ecology Councils: Grassroots Climate Strategies from Mesopotamia
The creation of local ecology councils, transnationally interconnected with each other, could be an immensely important step towards developing sustainable answers to climate change.
Saving the Earth Up the Street From Racist Murder
Isolation of issues is no longer possible. We can’t ignore racial injustice while fighting the climate and extinction crises.
Fusion Foolery
It seems quite clear that the track we are on does not lead to the stars, but to ignominious self-termination of this whacky mode called modernity.
The Hubris of Plutocrats: They Can’t Escape the Heat That’s Coming
The only way that we humans can live within nature’s resource restraints and ecological boundaries is to redirect our economies toward meeting all people’s basic needs, and away from producing material overabundance.
‘Meddling kids’ win landmark climate case in the US
The 16 young plaintiffs argued that the state’s continuing support of the fossil fuel industry violated their right to a clean and healthful environment.
Our Farmworkers Deserve Better
Until we truly reckon with the almighty agricultural industry that abuses our farmworkers with impunity, there can be no future where agriculture miraculously saves us from the damage already wrought on our agrifood systems.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 106 Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff makes another appearance on our podcast, sharing his latest thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right?
“Unlearning Economics”: Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, and Kate Raworth
On this Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, and Kate Raworth – all of whom are leading thinkers and educators in the field of heterodox economics.
Atlantic collapse: Q&A with scientists behind controversial study predicting a colder Europe
In late July, a study published in Nature Communications warned that a critical ocean system that brings warm water up the North Atlantic, also known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), was at risk of collapse by 2095 for want of drastic emissions cuts.
Human Powered Air Compressor and Energy Storage System
Andy Lagzdins built and documented a pedal-powered air compressor to run the power tools in his motorcycle workshop.
No gender justice without climate justice
New debt crises are bringing a fresh wave of austerity to the global south, with a disproportionate impact on women.
Ernährungsrat: The democratic potential of Food Policy Councils in Germany
There is one sole EU Green Deal, but many ways to democratise local food policy. In part 1 of this analysis, we dissected the financial shortcomings of France’s Territorial Food Programmes (PAT). In part 2, we look to Germany and the democratic potential of Food Policy Councils (Ernährungsrat).
