A Personal Definition and Incomplete History of Gaianism
An ethical global perspective is necessary today. We must find the unity of Earth and the world. It would be helpful if we had a word, better yet a name, that encapsulates this unity.
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Food Security versus Sustainability in Europe during the war in Ukraine
The debates on food security versus sustainability in the context of the war in Ukraine have revitalised a longstanding debate on “who will feed the world”.
A “Blue Commons” Agenda to Stop the Plunder of Our Oceans
Standing has just published  The Blue Commons: Transforming the Economy of the Sea, a book that synthesizes vast amounts of complicated maritime histories, international law, and ecological science to explain how commoning could curb the market/state’s irresponsible, life-destroying treatment of oceans.
Anthropogenic Man: a documentary on the human predicament
I have organized an event each year for our community around Earth Day for the last ten years. This year I was able to do a live event with an all-star lineup, so I decided to dress it up and make it into a documentary so it could hopefully be more alluring to people new to this line of thought.
In Chile, We Have the Opportunity to Build an Economy to Overcome Fear
Going deep down to undo the foundations of capitalism will require a leap of revolutionary hope in our own capacity to live together differently.
The Greatest Crisis Facing the Nation May Not Be Climate Change
What’s left once you take facts out of the policy debate? Anarchy, nihilism, chaos — just the sort of conditions aspiring demagogues and oligarchs feed off — and get phat while doing it?
City of the dead, part two
If global governments were alive to the nature of the climate, energy and water emergencies upon us, they’d be frantically busy planning how to sensibly and humanely repopulate the countryside and depopulate the cities…
Segregation, block by block
If you are interested in affordable housing, housing equity,  environmental justice, reduction of carbon emissions, adequate public transit, or streets that are safe for walking and cycling, Arbitrary Lines is an excellent resource…
Skyrocketing Population and Carbon Dioxide: Watershed Moments Wrap-up (Episode 63 of Crazy Town)
The astute listener will recognize the trends in population and greenhouse gas emissions over the course of our chronologically arranged episodes on watershed moments in history.
Standing at the edge of change
The world’s population of humans stands at the edge of rapid change and the future appears unimaginable.
Reconceptualising boundaries
In this short intervention, we bring a critical social science perspective to the Planetary Boundaries framework through the notion of societal boundaries and aim to provide a more nuanced understanding of the social nature of thresholds, one that it has the potential to offer guidelines for a just, social-ecological transformation.
Keeping cool without costing the earth
This is one of the greatest challenges for rapid transition in our warming world: as temperatures rise, and extreme heat events become more frequent and severe, how can we keep cool without costing the Earth?
