The US Chamber of Commerce’s “New” Take on Climate Change
The US Chamber of Commerce, through its Global Energy Institute (GEI), recently announced the launch of a major new climate initiative called the American Energy: Cleaner, Stronger campaign
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Using the CSA Model for Jazz Performance
In western Massachuetts, where I live, Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares represents a creative mashup of the CSA farm model (community-supported agriculture) with concert production.
Why Protesters Should be Wary of ’12 Years to Climate Breakdown’ Rhetoric
So please stop saying something globally bad is going to happen in 2030. Bad stuff is already happening and every half a degree of warming matters, but the IPCC does not draw a “planetary boundary” at 1.5°C beyond which lie climate dragons.
Growing a Revolution: Review
The good news is that despite the barriers mentioned earlier, conservation agriculture is catching on—it’s just happening more slowly, spreading from the ground up as farmers note that the local weirdo using these practices keeps getting better yields.
To Stop Global Catastrophe, we Must Believe in Humans Again
But let’s not win that way. Let’s operate on the assumption that human beings are not grossly defective. That we’re capable of acting together to do remarkable things.
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.
‘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.
