Solstice thoughts: night and day
It is my hope that we do not have many more summer solstices that pass largely unheralded. It is my belief that this aberrant time will, indeed, pass and there will be holy days again.
The Future of Water
A new book from water expert Peter Gleick urges a rethinking of how we use, manage and value one of our most important resources.
The Mercury is Off the Charts
The rapid warming over the next couple of years is likely to be our last opportunity to really act coherently as a civilization to reduce the magnitude of this crisis, and so far we are blowing it.
Against capitalist realism
Without capitalist realism, what would a just society really look like?
Daniel Zetah: “Regenerative Agriculture and Personal Sovereignty”
On this episode, Nate is joined by Daniel Zetah, who practices regenerative agriculture on his family farm in Minnesota. Daniel shares his experiences in becoming aware of the global challenges we face and his journey back to his family farm, where he has been instrumental in naturally cultivating the land back to life again.
Crazy Town: Episode 78. The Surest Paths to a Hard Collapse: The Delusional Doctrines of the Phalse Prophethood (Season Wrap-up)
Asher, Rob, and Jason explore the lessons and dangers of the brotherhood of Phalse Prophets and consider better ways to achieve a sustainable and equitable society.
Can We Move Beyond Philanthrocapitalism?
While the many philanthropies of the world address social injustice, gender discrimination, and countless other issues, there is one topic that is off-limits to most of them: changing the capitalist system itself, the source of many problems that philanthropy aspires to solve.
140+ Experts to Rich Nations: Redirect Trillions in Public Money to Curb Climate, Inequality Crises
More than 140 economists and policy experts on Monday published an open letter calling on the leaders of rich countries to combat the life-threatening crises of climate change and inequality through the downward redistribution of trillions of dollars in public money.
We Are Living Through a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Evolution
There’s every indication that a better understanding of ourselves strengthens humanity as a whole and makes connection and cooperation more possible.
Economic Fantasy – or why the government owes me thousands, but I’m paying
A problem I have with a lot of ecomodernist solutions to present problems, Monbiot’s included, is that they focus too much on why occupations like farming are an economic fantasy and not enough on why occupations like corporate law are. From that mistake, many other errors flow.
Living on a Smoke-Bomb of a Planet
Put another way, it should have been a signal to us all that we — New Yorkers included — now live on a new, significantly more dangerous planet, and that June 7th may someday be remembered locally as a preview of a horror show for the ages.
On Juneteenth, lessons from the past can guide our climate future
Just as MLK Day is a day of service, let’s make Juneteenth “Heritage Day” – a call to action to reclaim, and celebrate our legacy and cooperative traditions, and to strengthen the bonds of collective struggle and community resilience – past, present and future — that we share.
