How our miraculous transportation system turns water into brine
Salting roads in winter makes them safer to drive on. But all that salt has to go somewhere and it’s starting to be a problem.
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“Don’t Look Up” (part 1) – climate movie is kryptonite to the super villains
You know a satirical movie has hit its target when the mainstream reviewers call it “shrill” and “overblown.”
Putting Post Growth Theory Into Practice
If someone wants to build a post growth business, we have to be able to say: “Here’s the handbook, here’s the business templates, and here’s the supportive community. Now go forth!”
Justice at the Heart of Climate Activism
At the end of the day, Huang says true climate justice will come from affirming the rights of political, economic, and cultural self-determination for all peoples.
Is President Biden’s Climate Agenda Toast? Say It Isn’t So, Joe
Progressives feel Manchin went back on his word about supporting a reconciliation package if Congress would first vote on the infrastructure bill. Trust within the Democratic caucuses is nearly non-existent.
Knock the Head off the pedestal and raise the Hand
I believe we need to resurrect the Hand and the Heart in our world views, and knock the Head off the pedestal.
Texas Border Town Demands Stronger Action to Tackle Cancer-Causing Chemical Pollution
For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas.
Fahrenheit 911: Heat, cities and climate literacy from the ground up
We are finding that in the case of the city I live in Portland, Oregon, that the hottest areas are where people have the least formal education, limited English proficiency, high levels of racial diversity and extreme poverty.
Lending on Character, Not Credit Scores
Character-based lending is the practice of issuing loans based primarily on the borrower’s character—their involvement in and ties to the community, or their reputation and track record therein—relegating financial criteria to a smaller role in decision-making.
Faith in a frail world
It is up to those of us who can see the fragility of the world, and cannot abide by it, to put a stop to the calamity awaiting us. To do so, we’d need to cut ourselves loose from the net, while tending to our broken relationships, and forging new ones.
The value of veg
But, just like when the pandemic hit, there is a great way round the potential shortages at the supermarket: local food producers. While there is a widespread misconception that anything local is also more expensive, you’d might be surprised about the value that local food delivers.
Power, State and Capital: The Axis is Arrogance
We need to build a postmodern world that identifies arrogance as the evil to be overcome and replaces it with an ethic of humility and compassion.
