Ministry of Imagination Manifesto released as the world goes to the polls
This year, perhaps now more than ever, we need a taste of what policymaking underpinned by the radical imagination looks like.
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The ECHR’s First Climate Ruling: What Does it Mean?
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has today ruled that insufficient action to tackle climate change is a violation of human rights.
Republicans Have Plans for Working People
This fall, as we face the most consequential elections of my lifetime (all 71 years of it), rights that working people once upon a time fought and died for — the eight-hour day, a legal minimum wage, protections against child labor — are, in effect, back on the ballot.
Humans: the Movie
Rather than double down on a failing technological approach to living in this world, we can start walking away from modernity, and figure out new ways to live.
For a just transition to green energy, tribes need more than money
When it comes to a green future, money isn’t everything. In the case of Indigenous peoples, there also needs to be a variety of support and cultural understanding.
Tax Day
I believe we are careening toward a biophysical and cultural crisis that will very likely destroy money — along with a great many other things. But I also believe that we are falling toward abundance again.
Beyond legal personhood for the Whanganui River: Collaboration and pluralism in implementing the Te Awa Tupua Act
In 2017, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand was given the rights of a legal person under the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017.
Ecuador is Not For Sale
A coalition of eco-activist, civil society, and indigenous groups are facing increased repression and violence in the struggle to halt extractivism and to hold the Noboa administration accountable to Ecuador’s laws enshrining the rights of nature.
The 17 Things I Am 100% Certain About
In this week’s Frankly, Nate offers a list of things he is absolutely certain of… or as certain as any human can be.
A review of Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
If you don’t share his faith in economic growth, and if you lack confidence that pledged emissions cuts will be made actual, some paragraphs in Slow Burn will come across as wishful thinking.
The Oil Crash Is Coming Sooner Than We Think
Low-energy is the future, either through choice or physics. We are running out of time to have a say.
Bioplastics Are Not the Solution
Our world must stop greenwashed false solutions and stay focused on plastic-free, nontoxic, reusable, and refillable materials and systems instead of harmful single-use synthetic materials like PLA.
