The Future Is…
So where people are going to live is probably going to sort itself out. Just like it always has. Still… it’s probably a good idea to get started. We have an awful lot of work to do…
Act: Inspiration featured
Tribes and water protectors ward off new Black Hills gold rush
The moment the U.S. Forest Service posted its July notice of a draft decision to permit gold prospecting at Jenny Gulch here in the Black Hills, tribes, water protectors and treaty rights defenders turned out in droves to ward off the project and others like it.
Foraging
But I’d like to be able to take what I need out of the garden and then, rather than fretting over all the veg that will go to waste because I can’t eat it or store it, just open it up to the neighborhood.
Pennsylvania County Bans Fracking in Area Parks
Eight years after allowing a shale gas company to drill beneath Deer Lakes County Park for methane gas, the Pennsylvania county home to Pittsburgh has banned all industrial activity in the area’s eight other parks — despite a veto from the county executive.
The Seed Savers of Sahyadri School
This film is a documentary on the conservation of indigenous seeds by Sahyadri School, KFI, Khed, Pune, in the western state of Maharashtra in India.
Mutual Aid Groups That Arose During COVID Gather to Build Power Regionally
More than two years after ad-hoc networks of collective care sprouted from the cracks of state neglect during the pandemic, mutual aid organizers across the U.S. are convening in Indiana this July to prepare these networks to face crisis, disasters and survival for the long haul.
Climate Knocking at Our Door: How to Integrate Climate into Our Sense of Self
It’s worth noting that all integration work – in our relationship with the climate and in any area of our lives – is not a “holy grail” we find at one moment in time and then the work is done.
The Animal Worlds That Lie Beyond Our Perception
What is special about humans that sets us apart from other animals? Less than some of us would like to believe.
“Getting to zero” is a lousy goal
But in our reality in 2022, with far too much carbon dioxide already flowing through the atmosphere and the climate crisis worsening every year, knowingly emitting more greenhouse gases for another two decades is a shockingly cavalier dance with destruction.
William Cobbett’s ‘Cottage Economy’: the future is material
Cottage Economy is not, however, just a nineteenth-century DIY manual. It is also a fiercely polemical defence of smallholding as a way of life.
The Seven Layers of A Forest Garden
In the second chapter of her book, author Dani Baker examines how vertical space in forest gardens can organically overlap to keep multiple layers of plants growing beautifully.
Is degrowth the future?
The Future is Degrowth is arguably one of the most complete works on the concept of degrowth, clearly and thoroughly discussing the need to think beyond economic growth and why and how degrowth is an alternative.
