New York City’s Newly Passed Green New Deal, Explained
As the rest of the country continues to go back and forth over the possibility of a nationwide Green New Deal, New York City is forging ahead with its own version.
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‘Imagination Taking Power’: my Transition Tour de France
I’ve written this so that when my grandchildren ask me where I was when the great rebellion began, when the great Transition began its inevitable momentum, I can show them this blog post capturing a remarkable week in France
Deer Sinew and Beetle Biscuits: Raising Kids in the Age of Climate Chaos (Episode 7 of Crazy Town)
In this episode Asher, Rob, and Jason explore what we could be teaching kids these days and debate which is the more valuable skill: being comfortable eating beetles or understanding how to deal with difficult people.
Earth Day
Perhaps it isn’t enough to celebrate Earth Day once a year. Maybe we need to be thinking every day about what we need to do, where we go from here, and how we to face our future.
Is matter conscious? If so, does it matter?
The question of consciousness continues to devil us. If consciousness is distributed throughout the universe, then its appearance in humans is just one manifestation. Does it matter one way or the other how we think about this question? I think it does profoundly.
Chevron and Exxon Say They Can Turn Around the Failed Finances of Fracking Industry
Why would major oil companies choose to invest in an industry that has failed to turn profits in the past decade?
Some Ways to Frame “Regeneration”
Human activities have degraded ecosystems globally to the point that Earth is now in overshoot-and-collapse. We need to restore ecosystem functions in the coming decades in order to safeguard our collective future.
Axial Shift: The Decline of Trump, the Rise of the Greens, and the New Coordinates of Societal Change
These three axial shifts, political, economic, and educational, are replacing the traditional 20th-century public discourse with a new axis of conversation and thought that supports a new avenue for societal renewal.
Sharon Adetoro: How to Make the Movement More Inclusive? Do the Work!
The Environmental movement is heavily white and middle class. Both of which we are not. There is an uncomfortableness about entering that space.
How Libraries of Things Build Resilience, Fight Climate Change, and Bring Communities Together
Libraries of Things are both starting to expand to multiple locations, and also connecting with other similar or complementary organizations to form local and regional networks.
Maxfield Kaniger’s Kanbe’s Markets: A Piece for the Food Insecurity Puzzle
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Executive Director of Kanbe’s Markets Maxfield Kaniger talks about the market’s model to reduce food waste and food insecurity.
The World’s Happiest People already Have a Green New Deal, and they Love it
According to the latest report from the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Nordics are once again in the top tier of the World’s Happiest People.
