Why the Climate Justice March in South Korea Could Be a Game Changer for the Environment
On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation’s largest climate justice march.
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Creating third spaces of learning for post-capitalism: lessons from educators and activists
Spaces that prefigure a post-capitalist world are all around us if we know where to look. In this article, we seek to explore counter-hegemonic social spaces, or what some call third spaces that have been created largely by social, community and artistic activists…
The 118th Congress and Climate and Clean Energy Policy
Based on the 2022 midterm election results the nation appears tired of the partisan bickering and is ready for members of Congress and the White House to find common ground and get on with the business of governing. The next two years will tell the tale.
Agroecology – A promising alternative to the biodiversity crisis in agriculture and industrial food systems
By working with – not against – nature, and diversifying our farms, landscapes, fishing waters and the foods we eat, agroecology supports biodiversity, contributes to the majority of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promotes resilience. All while supporting livelihoods and some of the healthier diets on the planet.
The New School’s Quest For Community Self-Governance
By coming together, we can shape a university that is affordable, inclusive, decolonized, and anti-racist, serving the needs of all who depend on it.
A Turtle Island Atlas!
Please understand, a bioregionalist map cannot be made by any other people than bioregionalist people who map their own land / territory from within — never from without. Never from the outside.
Rethinking your energy usage (and some history of Plough Monday)
If it is unusual in the rest of the privileged world to even consider power usage, maybe Vermonters should start training folks in how to live with an increasingly expensive and feeble grid.
New Hope for Horseshoe Crabs — and the Shorebirds That Depend on Them
When setting limits on how many animals we take from the sea — be they fish, whales or horseshoe crabs — we must combine science with an ethic of restraint enforced by public outcry.
Latin American solidarity economies demonstrate the power of the people
A growing number of Latin American communities are proving (through the innovative application of solidarity principles) that it’s possible to reimagine our relationship to resources, capital, and collective well-being, all while creating sustainable, people-centered systems along the way.
Indigenous people may have created the Amazon’s ‘dark earth’ on purpose
With more and more greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, making dark earth — or something like it — could be a method of mitigating climate change while supporting agriculture in the tropics.
The Simple Story of Civilization with Tom Murphy
This week, Nate invites colleague Tom Murphy, professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego and writer of famed blog ‘Do the Math’, to unpack his recent essay The Simple Story of Civilization
Climate, culture, and the need for a new enlightenment
We are called to awaken each other and collectively author our common future. What could be more meaningful than that?
