What matters?
For the material footprint of industrial production and our corresponding consumption, a change of energy source itself makes in most cases little difference.
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Torrey pines: Mistakes and progress [Western USA]
One thing I have learned for certain, though, is that hubris is the main threat to the successful practice of ecosystem restoration and rewilding. We need to be open to the need for refinement.
Taking stock
But for sure we’ve got to do something different to avert the present suicidal and ecocidal course of our food system. I’ve made the case in my two recent books for agrarian localism as the best something different option.
Just the clash of opinions or different facts? Facing the epistemological divide
Differing opinions are not the primary thing dividing us.
The Joy of Change: Play for Transition
Unified Playfulness practices give adults space to play, slow down, and tap into their creativity. These practices help disrupt patterns and foster behavior change, bringing more resilience, authenticity, and joy into their lives and the systems they inhabit.
An insider’s view on just climate action in Zambia
“Since I was young I’ve been thinking about how I could both improve my own situation and help develop my country. ‘How can we make people’s livelihoods better?’ The answer is that the only way to improve the quality of life of people in rural areas and poor people in settlements is if top levels of government commit to invest in development and protecting the environment.”
How the Hé Sapa Resolution Could Help ‘Indigenize’ Global Wilderness Conservation
All relevant institutions [must] actively promote wilderness policy that acknowledges that nature is multi-dimensional, transcending the material and physical realms; and use language that honors the rights and roles of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Systems, natural and customary law.” —Hé Sapa Resolution, 2024
Service Providers in the Trophic Theory of Money
For now, the bottom line is that the TTOM will continue to serve as a durable reminder of the primacy of agricultural and extractive activity in economic production. It belies the notion of decoupling GDP from energy and material use.
Stefan Rahmstorf: “Global Heating 101: Rapid-Fire Answers to the Biggest Climate Questions”
In this episode, ocean and climate physicist Stefan Rahmstorf joins Nate for an overview on the most common questions and misconceptions concerning the state of the climate, including the nuances of what our future planetary home might look like.
Silent Solar
Solar panels have, over the last months, suddenly gotten so cheap that they’re now appearing in massive numbers across much of the developing world.
Reclaiming food sovereignty: How Feed Black Futures is challenging structural racism through food justice
Feed Black Futures breathes life into Hamer’s words by training participants to start and nurture backyard, apartment, and community gardens — and to advocate for food sovereignty policies and practices that enable marginalized communities to gain access to fresh food production and equitable food distribution.
Fake news was invented 500 years ago – we must learn from its history
The term ‘fake news’ – and the accompanying clickbait and digital polarisation – may have been popularised only in recent years but the phenomenon itself can be traced back to a much older disruptive communications technology: the printing press.
