Podcast from the Prarie: Methodism in my madness
In this episode of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen discuss the role of religion, both in Jackson’s life and in our human future.
Environment featured
Climate Policy in the Biden Era: A House Divided
The momentum of the 2018 Congressional midterm elections in which the Democrats gained 42 seats and regained their majority status in the House of Representatives lost steam in 2020.
Beyond “Checking the Box”
Green 2.0 was launched in 2014 as a working group of thought leaders at the intersection of environment and race. We commissioned a report that found that the mainstream environmental movement had failed to diversify their staff despite decades of promises to do so.
A victory for Indigenous environmental activism in Ecuador
To be successful, páramo protection will need to be led by the Indigenous and campesino communities who share the richest histories and everyday entanglements with these unique lands.
In the northern Great Plains, a search for ways to protect drinking water from fossil fuel industry pollution
North Dakota’s water supplies are at risk from contaminants from fracking wastewater, but residents are fighting back
The sheep sacrifice
With a no deal Brexit looming and the Government’s farm subsidy regimen shifting towards payments only for delivering ‘public goods’, it looks like hard times may lie ahead for many commercial farmers in the UK, none more so than for upland livestock farmers.
Shifting baselines and coping with planetary change
It is not easy today to take an interest in the future of the planet, and especially in human civilisation, without becoming bewildered.
Bioregional Regeneration for Planetary Health
Bioregional regeneration is about refitting human patterns to the bio-geo-physical patterns through which life creates conditions conducive to life.
Green growth vs degrowth: are we missing the point?
So, let us reach a truce and build a mass movement to take on the real enemies of environmental justice. The stakes are too high to do anything else.
Climate Policy in the Biden Era: Divided They Are
President-Elect Biden ran as a unifier in a time of deep division. His job as president has been made all the more difficult by voters having denied the Democrats control of Congress.
Climate Policy in the Biden Era: Déjà vu All Over Again?
The 2020 elections are almost history. What’s left are the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January, and President Trump running out of brows to beat, and judges willing to indulge his unsubstantiated claims.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 25 Judith D. Schwartz
Judith D. Schwartz is an author who tells stories to explore and illuminate scientific concepts and cultural nuance. She takes a clear-eyed look at global environmental, economic, and social challenges, and finds insights and solutions in natural systems.
Bringing insights from her latest book, “The Reindeer Chronicles”, Judith addresses the question of What Could Possibly Go Right?
