Ecomodernism On Its Own Terms
This article is an attempt to seriously engage with socialist ecomodernism in a way the interview failed to do with degrowth: on its own terms.
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Give Peace a Chance
You work for peace because “it’s a moral responsibility to oppose the war machine. And as long as there’s a chance and you’re working at what has the best chance of succeeding, you have to do it.”
It’s as simple — and as bedeviling — as that. In other words, we have to give peace a chance.
A-ction, R-esilience, C-ritical Mass – Hannes Lorenzen’s Letter to 2023
Beyond the classical thematic advocacy for organic farming, animal welfare and nature conservation there is a new opportunity to embrace the climate, biodiversity, CAP, job-sharing movements – and the desire to reach a humane work-life balance.
What Caused Alberta’s Record Quake? Check Drilling, Experts Say
A cluster of tremors, including the largest recorded earthquake in Alberta’s history, may have been due to oil and gas activity in the region.
Engineering disaster and the legacy of colonialism in Pakistan’s floods
In addition to a global-north induced climate crisis, the scale of Pakistan’s floods has been exacerbated by hydrological infrastructures built over centuries by western imperialism and allied local elites.
Top 1% grab twice as much new wealth as everyone else combined
The richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today.
An educator’s notes from an eroding coast
In other words – let’s give every drop of our sweat and spirit into pondering and practicing – making civic and political engagement/reimagination a core value in our teachings.
A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community
While the first ethnic grocery stores—food retailers catering to a migrant or diasporic culture—in the U.S. opened up during the 19th and early 20th centuries in urban minority neighborhoods in major cities, today, such grocery stores have mushroomed around the country, wherever new migrant communities have sprung up.
Lost in traffic: does your time count?
Traffic congestion studies make for quick and easy news articles, but they don’t even begin to calculate the true time lost to car culture.
Why Understanding Limits Is the Key to Humanity’s Future
Taoist sages proclaimed, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Don’t just respect limits; celebrate them and work in harmony with them.
Protect This Place: Oregon’s Twin Lake
No one ever imagined that the day would come in which the very existence of this important wetland would be threatened by construction of high-voltage electrical power lines. Special places require special protections, and once the threat appears, it may be too late.
Arthur Berman: “Peak Oil – The Hedonic Adjustment”
On this episode, petroleum geologist Arthur Berman returns to unpack the development and drawbacks of ‘peak oil’.
