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Slowing Down Fashion with Italia A Collection
By learning about sustainability at FIDM and being introduced to Fibershed’s perspective— that’s really grown my design philosophy. Since then, I have been making zero-waste products made only with sustainable materials.
Embedding the economy with care
What we urgently need is an economy that replaces the universal of profit with a universal of care, both for each other and the natural world which keeps us alive.
Going nuclear
Here, I continue with my theme from this post about energy futures, particularly the notion that we can transition from our present high energy, high carbon civilization to a future high energy, low carbon one based around nuclear power.
Bioregional Regeneration for Planetary Health
Bioregional regeneration is about refitting human patterns to the bio-geo-physical patterns through which life creates conditions conducive to life.
For Australians Looking for Political Will on Climate Action – It’s Found at Local Government
Ten months since our major cities were blanketed by smoke from the Black Summer bushfires and nine months since the National Climate Emergency Summit considered the radical emergency footing that is now Melbourne’s COVID-19 reality, a quiet suburban revolution is taking place.
Degrowth and the Unmaking of Capitalism
How can we think about the processes by which disruptions of capitalism occur in broader, deeper and more dynamic ways? Is it possible for us to better capture what is going on in concrete initiatives?
Grace Gershuny: Eating Like our Planet Depends on it
System Change Not Climate Change talks with Vermont-based author, educator, and grassroots activist Grace Gershuny about her vision for transforming the U.S. food system into one that is regenerative, just, and accessible to all.
Green growth vs degrowth: are we missing the point?
So, let us reach a truce and build a mass movement to take on the real enemies of environmental justice. The stakes are too high to do anything else.
On Laudato Si’, Fratelli Tutti, and the Terminal Decline of Patriarchal Civilization
The patriarchal religions are a grave obstacle to integral human development, and the transition to an integral ecology, during the terminal decline of patriarchal civilization.
BC’s Coal Mining Has Failed to Deliver, Finds Report
Canadians beware. The promises made by metallurgical coal mining companies rarely match what they deliver in terms of jobs, revenue, production capacity, investment or tax
Farming as the Climate Changes: Straus Family Creamery, Marshall, California
Land stewardship and sustainable organic farming are deeply rooted principles for Albert and his mission-driven business.
