Why adaptation to climate change misses the mark
Climate change deniers strangely think we should adapt to climate change (which they say isn’t happening). But adaptation is turning out to be much more problematic than previously imagined.
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Nations of the Learned
When I describe the schools that barefoot rural children once attended, in the USA of 1900 or the Ireland of the 1950s, everyone assumes their education would be pathetic — the “three Rs,” … This belief … crumbles the instant one reads descriptions of schools from a century ago
Democracy Trumped at the Limits to Growth
When the economy is way too big, the stresses and strains are too much for a liberal democracy to handle. That leaves the steady state economy, at an optimal level, as the greatest hope for maintaining the ideals of liberal democracy.
Six Inches of Soil: Review
Overall, the message of this book is that transitioning from the chemical-intensive approach to farming that has come to be called “conventional” to ways of doing things that try to sequester carbon in soil and regenerate the health of the soil, while making a living, can be done and is being done by these people who have this in common: they care.
Communicative Resilience in a World-in-Crisis: It Gets Personal! Part 1.
This article, the first of two, addresses from a personal perspective some of the difficulties and dilemmas that can be encountered when trying to communicate something of today’s planetary emergency, as well as possible sources of solace and yes, even hope, when doing so.
Six Inches of Soil: Excerpt
We are showing why a new generation of farmers is turning away from conventional farming and choosing to work with nature to create resilient farming systems that do not rely on chemical inputs, heavy mechanisation and monocrops.
Assets in Common: Leaders in collaborative business and shared ownership
From rural towns to bustling cities, pioneering enterprises are challenging conventional notions of ownership, governance, and economic exchange. These trailblazers are reimagining fundamental structures and forging pathways to shared prosperity.
The Status of U.S. Oil Production: 2024 Update Everything Shines By Dimming
Numerous prominent petroleum geologists have been warning for years about the resources limitations of oil both in the U.S. and globally. It’s now looking like the wolf is nearing the door.
Metastatic Modernity Launch
Our goal is to develop a more complete perspective: to see things through a long lens from a more external point of view. For me, what emerges is a sense that modernity is dangerous and unhinged.
Restoring chinampas in Mexico saves axolotls and ecosystems
Scientists from the Ecological Restoration Laboratory at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and farmers from the area are promoting a comprehensive restoration program to conserve this group of chinampas and all the living things that depend on it.
The system within
Lack of attention to the psychological and cultural dimension of systems is widespread – but inner factors are fundamental to global crises and the approaches we require.
Analysis: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023
In 2023, wind and solar combined added more new energy to the global mix than any other source, for the first time in history, according to Carbon Brief analysis of newly released data. Nevertheless, record global demand for energy saw coal and oil use also reaching new highs last year, the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 finds.
