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.
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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.
Widening the ‘We’
Toxic polarization is the product of three factors in individual and social development, all of which can be traced back to the beginnings of human society: malignant bonding, the scarcity mind, and historical and trans-historical trauma.
Draining the World of Fresh Water
The thirst of humans and our technology for water, according to two important studies, is bottomless and accelerating, even if the precious liquid itself is finite on this planet.
Michael Every: “The Many -Isms of the Metacrisis”
On this episode, Nate is joined by financial analyst Michael Every to discuss global macro trends in economics, politics, and social movements.
Why we call it climate change
Our damage to the climate will make temperatures go up in many places, but in some places temperatures will plummet.
Framework for Resilient Communities
We are forming a network of small socially and economically cooperative communities that can survive and thrive as the neoliberal system continues to unravel.
A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
From an ecological point of view, the significance of the [archaeological] sequence is that the Amazonians have always very much managed the rainforest and rivers.
Making Community
If we consider that we as a people could soon face a climate-related collapse of our economic infrastructure, how might we avert this outcome? Or, failing that, be able to continue on while maintaining a civil society?
Ecology of the 1%
The bugs and bacteria and fungi of the radical underground economy metabolize and redistribute every resource without judgment of identity and rank, some of it circled back to feed the roots of plants while aboveground leaves open towards the sun to harvest the primitive accumulation of 1% from which all the world’s wealth trickles down.
Climate Politics: The View from Washington April 11, 2024
As has been the case over the past months, the chaos in the House continues to negatively impact Congress’ ability to respond to the critical issues of the day, including how to handle funding for Ukraine, Israel, and humanitarian aid for Gaza, and whether building new LNG export facilities in the US will be part of the deal.
Climates Timekeeper: How a Himalayan Clock Holds the Key to Climate Action
Peering back at the prehistoric cracks in the ice I see a clear picture, a quiet clock slowly ticking in reverse as if to keep track of just what kind of time we have left.
