Regrowing the Forest of Poles
After 38 years, during July 18th and 19th, 2025, five new totem poles were raised in Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw (Wrangell, Alaska) while other communities were readying themselves to raise more.
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Will Coral Reefs Be Gone by 2050? How Bleaching, Acidification, and Ocean Heating are Killing Coral Reefs
In this episode, Nate is joined by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, the marine biologist who made this landmark prediction, for an update on the health of coral reefs and the primary ecological stressors driving their decline.
Navigating Autonomy, Energy and Ecology in Ladakh, India
If India—and the world—watches closely, Ladakh may illuminate a way forward for climate action that’s not just clean, but just and plural. When autonomy meets ecology, a pluriverse of possibilities emerge—not imposed, but chosen; not based on extracted, but socioecological flourishing.
Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far
What our series shows is that despite the storm clouds, there is a lively and pluralistic degrowth movement waiting in the wings, with a life-belt to hand, since it is degrowth that is the only hope for a viable future.
EAT Lancet misses the point
A diet is the wrong entry point in the analysis of the food system and planetary health.
How the liberal city paved the way to neoliberalism
What if relying on the rich to “take care of everyone else” was neither politically nor financially sustainable? What would this mean for how we interpret the history of liberalism and the welfare state? And most importantly, what does this imply for how our communities should develop economically?
The Rise of Religion and Transcendence
We can now see how the mechanism of transcendence divides us into opposing groups of putatively good and bad while misleading us with false claims and illusions. It must be rooted out—of language—of thought—of behavior—of action.
Is the U.S. Electric Grid Stable? Policy, Renewables, and Who Is Responsible If The Grid Fails
In this episode, Nate is joined by Meredith Angwin for an in-depth overview of the U.S. electrical grid system, its history, and the need for accountability in energy governance.
Do Forests Make It Rain?
If the theory of the biotic pump is correct—and the forests play an essential role in the water cycle—this gives urgent importance to saving our old growth forests and restoring those which have been demolished or degraded.
Chris Smaje’s Vision of a Post-Capitalist Eco-Localism that Works
Chris Smaje openly admits that there are too many contingent variables to predict the future; many scenarios are plausible. That said, Finding Lights in a Dark Age offers some thoughtful, erudite speculation about what a healthy, post-capitalist world might look like and the choices we may need to make.
Systems Mindset
A true systems thinker isn’t the one who makes elaborate diagrams of nodes connected by lines in impressive form, but the one who expresses epistemic humility in the face of intractable complexity and refrains from proffering solutions. I am reminded of Taoist sages whose greatest accomplishments rest on not-doing.
Burned by Billionaires: Excerpt
This excerpt from Chuck Collins’ new book Burned by Billionaires includes examples of rule changes that would lift people out of poverty, increase economic security for the precarious, and reduce inequality.
