A Turtle Island Atlas!
By James R. Martin, The R-word
Please understand, a bioregionalist map cannot be made by any other people than bioregionalist people who map their own land / territory from within — never from without. Never from the outside.
Energy Transition & the Luxury Economy
By James R. Martin, The R-word
The transition to a smaller, slower and less energy intensive economy will be made vastly more smooth and pleasant if we enact this transformation deliberately, intelligently and voluntarily.
On Commoning
By James R. Martin, The R-word
We transform the very meaning of public and private by daring to proclaim the communal sphere as existing, real, and growing, evolving, and necessary.
The Energy Transition Narrative
By James R. Martin, The R-word
When I go in search of figures, numbers, data, about energy in relation to ecology and economy, I’m often brought to the website of the very same EPA whose lead scientist studying sewage sludge faked his science and unleashed a toxic torrent upon the world.
The Externalizing Machine
By James R. Martin, The R-word
What externalizing of costs does is it manufactures ill-health in ecosystems, societies, cultures — the world. And modern governments are not only not standing up against this destructive extraction, but are deliberately fanning its flames, supporting and encouraging it.
Global emissions must drop by 50% by 2030
By James R. Martin, The R-word
My point is that if we're going to really have an energy transition it will have to be primarily a transition to a much less energy intensive economy and material culture.