Somebody’s Gonna Win
In today’s Frankly, Nate reminds us that the realities of our accelerating predicament go way beyond election results.
Environment featured
Kari Stoever: “Planetary Health Check: The State of Earth’s Critical Systems”
There has been much discussion lately of Planetary Boundaries – the 9 biophysical systems and processes that regulate the functioning of life support systems on Earth, and ultimately the stability and resilience of the Earth system as a whole. But how close are we, today, to pushing these systems past their ability to function and recover?
Environmental Muralist Faunagraphic Brings an Urban Oasis to the Concrete Jungle
As more and more of Earth’s natural beauty gets paved over each year, one woman has made it her mission to capture the wonder of the world beyond the cityscape and inspire people to venture outside the concrete and steel.
“On the brink of an irreversible climate disaster”
Scientists have issued yet another clarion call regarding our seemingly unstoppable momentum toward climate catastrophe. In a recent article, The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth, some of the world’s leading climate scientists lay it out.
Growing Guatemala’s future – on contour!
Contour Lines Corp’s approach is to work with the community to plant diverse agroforestry sites on contour, thereby transitioning the land use from chemical, slash-and-burn corn monocultures to organic, perennial food forests.
How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature
Profit-driven urban development has disconnected us—particularly children—from the wilderness. The effects are unhealthy.
The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business
In the current blue economy paradigm, privatization prioritizes profit above ecosystem health. Water is not viewed as a commodity in this construct, and the buying and selling of oceanic water and aquatic resources would be prioritized over other considerations.
Outrageous Anti-Protest Laws Can’t Silence the Climate Movement
Though also being threatened with increasing penalties under state laws, Americans have somewhat stronger protections under the First Amendment. But how long will dissent continue to enjoy such protections in this country? That largely depends on how we all vote between now and November 5th.
COP16: It’s Wild-West Capitalism Versus Life on Earth
The stakes for our collective future could not be higher, yet many decision-makers are doubling down on destructive policies.
Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century: Can Eco-Cities Tackle Climate Change and Pollution?
While many aspects of city design, participatory municipal governance, or ecological engineering may still be waiting for an integrated urban form, the green corridors, urban forests, and neighborhood communes that have sprung up in the past decade propose concrete, field-tested, and scientifically scrutinized directions for Mumford’s “vaster task” of reviewing our conventional truths about urbanization, prosperity, and civilization.
How mass protest created a breakthrough on the climate crisis in the Netherlands
Creating a trigger event and a moment of the whirlwind — a period in which social movements capture the political spotlight in a country in a major way and shift the terms of public debate — is a rare and important accomplishment.
The First Casualty of Politics is Complexity
The State Lands Commissioner race here in Washington State, USA, is in full swing and I find myself contemplating complexity, in particularly that of the natural world.
