Should No-Till Farming Be Adopted by All to Help the Earth?
Is no-till growing as great as it’s made out to be? Should it be adopted by all to help the Earth? The answer is yes and no.
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50 Shades of Hay (or ‘Why not cutting the lawn is good for the imagination’)
One of the benefits of the lockdown has been an awful lot less mowing of lawns in public spaces. There are many places I walk regularly where the grass is now several feet tall, and I love it.
As Warming Approaches 1.5°C, Talk of a Carbon Budget for the Paris Targets is Delusional
There’s a lot of delusional talk about how much “carbon budget” (or new emissions) are allowable that would still keep global heating to the Paris target of 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C).
The Cultural Preparation for Crisis
We will need more resourcefulness, capacity for divergent thinking, and self-initiative in future events related to climate change and economic slowdown.
Cogs in the Climate Machine
Let’s start by some human and planetary timescales. I don’t know why we don’t learn them in grade school (I never learned them at all). But they matter. And let’s represent them visually, in a stark, plain way.
Making And Keeping Soils Fertile: The Case of the Island Poel
The fertility of the soil is one of the most vital, if not the most important factor in farming. The soil is the very basis of agriculture!
Beyond the Divides of Black-and-White Thinking: Love, Fear, and Revolution
Beyond the divides of black-and-white thinking, can humanity realize its one shared human heart, and rise up together in action on behalf of all life and the planet we all call home?
Green Economic Growth is an Article of ‘Faith’ Devoid of Scientific Evidence
For years, financial institutions and governments have been focused on the idea of ‘decoupling’ GDP growth from resource use. This has been driven by the recognition that to stay within the ‘safe limit’ of 2 degrees Celsius, we have to dramatically reduce our material consumption.
The Trump-ettes Have Blown: What It Means for President Biden’s Climate Strategy
Should Joe Biden win in November, he will be returning to reign over a federal government he may not recognize. A government that could be hard-pressed to put his climate policies and programs into operation. For that–he’ll have Donald Trump to thank.
Tribes Nationwide Cheer DAPL Shutdown
Tribal leaders and constituents across Lakota Territory and elsewhere welcomed a hard-won court order on July 6 to shut off the oil flow in the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) within 30 days.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 6 Severn Cullis-Suzuki
In today’s episode, Severn Cullis-Suzuki gives her perspective that spans from addressing the UN at age 12 through to her life-long activism for environment and indigenous rights.
Municipalist Syndicalism: From the Workplace to the Community
Municipalist syndicalism broadly means democratizing unions as a means to democratizing local and regional public power. This is done through advancing an anti-racist dual power agenda for the labor movement by building and acting with communities of color on issues beyond the job.
