Climate change and the Overton Window
Our political discourse is actually far narrower than our total public discourse which makes addressing big problems such as climate change very difficult.
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Algeria: Decolonizing the Mind, Liberating Water, Inventing the Future
Liberate water, liberate the land, liberate the mind — this is the triple revolution awaiting Algeria.
The Cherry Tree Dilemma: Mindfulness, Complexity and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Everywhere, it’s necessary to pay attention, to get to know the neighborhood and its denizens, the non-human citizens whose families probably have been living there longer than you maybe have been alive. To learn the lay of the land—literally.
A Decade of Progress Toward a Greener, Fairer, and More Resilient Future
But even in these polarized times, people are rising to the great environmental and moral challenges before us. In the pages of Resilience Matters, they show us how to build a greener, fairer future together.
Wild Swimming, Forest Bathing, and Immersing Oneself in Nature
Maybe the greatest antidote to the crises we face isn’t only policy change or protest—it’s reweaving our sense of self into the fabric of the natural world.
Your guide to the 2025 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The Trump administration’s border policies are expected to have a big impact on this year’s largest gathering of Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers.
Review: The Fragile Blue Dot by Ross West
For me, the greatest joy in reading Ross West’s eco-short story collection The Fragile Blue Dot lies in the sheer brilliance of imagination and storytelling prowess on display in each piece.
The loss of a single species is the loss of a whole world
The soul is neither the inner self, the divine, nor the immaterial, as traditional philosophical thinking might argue. Rather, it is that which binds us together: it is relational and environmental, and when a species goes extinct, its soul, and thereby its relations, goes with it.
A Tale of Two Narratives
It’s not that human carbon emissions don’t matter; they matter hugely. It’s that they aren’t the only matter, and are intimately coupled with the land and our treatment of it.
While we say hands off, we also need hands on to address our planetary crisis
We must both defend existing political institutions, saying hands off, and put our hands on the wheel to build new institutions that truly address the planetary crisis.
Guide to Becoming an Environmental Leader and Inspiring the Next Generation of Eco-Defenders
Since you know your community best, you are in the best position to become a local environmental leader.
Updates from the Polycrisis
I walk through some of the different solutions that can help address the polycrisis and post-polycrisis period and also imagine what an ecocentric civilization of the future could look like, if we actually work toward that.
