Cry, the Beloved World
How do we try to compensate for our destruction of so much of Earth’s life? By curbing ourselves? By deep societal change? By bending heaven and Earth to protect what is left, before it is too late?
Environment featured
Who will pay for the cost of overheated humans in the age of climate change?
Climate-change-induced temperature rises are already testing the limits of outdoor workers. Will governments continue to ignore their protection?
Johan Rockström: “Planetary Boundaries: Exceeding Earth’s Safe Limits”
In this episode, Nate speaks with environmental scientist Johan Rockström to unpack his team’s work on Planetary Boundaries and the pressure that humanity is putting on them.
The Beaver Seekers
Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
MM #8: Timeline
I often have compared this period to a fireworks show: dazzling, unusual, and temporary. The sky conditions during a fireworks show make for a poor predictive model of weather conditions for the coming days, weeks, or months. Fireworks shows end—about as quickly as they began.
Repair Café & Darning the Planet
Getting dressed is a universal human trait, but the textile industry is collapsing environmental systems everywhere. Relearning basic skills and taking back the agency in what we wear and how we wear it is an act of resistance and an invitation to reimagine ways to inhabit the planet.
Any Human Power: Excerpt
‘Now is the time and we are the people. We’re being pushed over the edge of extinction by people who don’t get it and don’t care and we—’ she surged to her feet— ‘we are better than this.’ A hand slammed hard with each word. ‘So let’s bring the best of ourselves to the table, agree where we want to go and find ways to make it happen. Thank you.’
From Argentina with Love, and Rage
We know that we depend on ecosystems being healthy for our survival, and yet must remember that part of healthy ecology is also dependent on being more united as we protect all that we love to move forward and ensure a livable future.
The true power of the Green Party is now: to admit our own powerlessness to ‘save the world’
The ultimate reason to put more Greens in power as fast as possible is because we are the ones best placed to help this country (and others) struggle through the terrible, unknown impacts beyond 1.5 that are coming — and precisely because we are the ones brave enough to tell this whole truth, even at the cost of no longer being able to pose as electorally-deliverable saviours.
Coastal Restoration: Saving Sand
Increasing demand for this seemingly abundant and common material harms human and natural communities — and fuels a lucrative and dangerous illegal industry.
MM #6: Accidental Tourists
Yes, we’re in mid-air right now and it’s really amazing and we can point to a lot of associated perks (for humans alone, in the short term, importantly). But, if it’s unsustainable then it is by definition going to fail. What evidence might possibly bolster the case that our current path is at all ecologically sustainable?
What is causing record-shattering heat?
Thus, the conversion of sunlight into heat is the source that creates heat islands, and increasingly warms the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases, trap that heat like a pot lid, exacerbating warming. But to reduce the elevated temperatures we are experiencing, we need to address the source of the heat generation, akin to turning down the stove.
