It’s time for a more nuanced discussion around Science, Technology, and Innovation in degrowth
It is clear that degrowth neither represents a return to the stone age, nor can it fetishize technological solutions to the climate crisis.
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Democracy Rising 25: Young Children as Classroom Citizens
All of the participating teachers agreed that their understanding of citizenship changed from one that emphasized following rules and helping others to one that fostered student engagement in making decisions together about shared problems in the classroom community and beyond.
If You Want People to Use Public Transit, Connect the Places Where People Want to Walk
In a nutshell, many American transit systems are underused not because the cities they serve are too small, but because the places they stop at are places people don’t want to be on foot.
Why climate activists need to celebrate — even if we’re not feeling like it
So, after all this, I am going to organize a little party to teach what we won, honor what’s good that we like and commit to continue on the struggle. I hope you’ll join me with your own form of celebrating, too.
Rapid transition to beat the heat: Community Resilience
Under the right conditions society, with all its structures and systems, can change as rapidly as the mercury in the thermometers is rising.
Bean Week
And that was bean week. All in all, there are worse ways to spend your days!
The Status of Global Oil Production (Part 4)
This report covers oil production in Russia, including the former Soviet Union area, and in Asia.
Gaians as (Civilization’s) Death Doulas and Birth Midwives
But I think ultimately, I’m hoping/working toward encouraging Gaians to play an active role in serving as death doulas for our current civilization and as midwives for the next one to come.
Less is More
Given a vote, would not humanity choose a living planet over a colonized one? We stand at the juncture.
You’re on a Beach and See a Tasty Critter. Can You Eat It?
This week I’m looking at foraging local plants and animals. Vancouver is a coastal city with beaches littered with Pacific mussels and varnish clams, and lush parks overrun with rabbits and Canada geese.
Stone Age Economics
By examining the lives of ancient peoples, Stone Age Economics questions the Western paradigm of ‘economic progress’ because, in terms of the individual, things may not have improved so radically after all.
What nationalising energy companies would cost – and how to do it
From the depletion of fish stocks to the burning of the Amazon, profit has proved a failed regulator for use of our natural resources. The market has also failed to decarbonise at pace, or to end the scourge of fuel poverty.
