A Pyrrhic Climate
A recent debate in twitter’s climate community illuminated a schism between those arguing that mitigating climate change is impossible and those exhorting others to continue to “fight” climate change.
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Times Square Drowns in a Climate Art Exhibit
“I think the most important motivation as an artist is to use what James Baldwin has described as extracting the question that is buried within the answer,” Chin has said. “If the answer is ‘The world will be inundated and destroyed by our own doings,’ then what is the question that we have to ask now? This project is about now.”
Blockchain, Feminism and Affective P2P
Step by step, I can see little advances in people’s mentalities, or in local politics. For example, recently the Madrid council has received a UN Public Service prize for a collaborative free software platform called Decide Madrid. It is an excellent sign and means that our work and efforts working in the commons are important and can provoke social change.
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
A Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday struck down the Canadian government’s approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, halting construction of the 1,150-kilometer project indefinitely.
A Resilient Food System for Syrians
For Syria, small-scale, autonomous farming offers a model of inspiration for the challenges that lie ahead in terms of weakened food security, the use of food as a weapon and the vulnerability of farming livelihoods. In the long run, planting it as an idea may well be the most important thing to do.
A California City That’s Taking Beauty Seriously
Bob Sampayan believes in the transformational power of beauty. Now in his sixties, Sampayan is the mayor of Vallejo, California, a primarily working-class city at the north end of San Francisco Bay.
Ireland’s Taking $380 Million Out of Fossil Fuels. Where Should It Go?
While divestment shifts capital away from industries that exacerbate inequality and harm community and ecological well-being, it’s only the first step in achieving a just, sustainable future.
The Moral Egregiousness of Poverty is Worse than Ever Before in History
We live in an age where more than 4 billion people – some 60% of the human population – live on less than what is required for meeting basic human needs. This is a ringing indictment of the global economy by any standard.
A Root Awakening: Foodie Business Takes on Food Insecurity in Tuttle, ND
Tuttle and its counterparts offer a model—a replicable and actionable approach—to mitigate the effects of food insecurity, and to encourage social interaction and active civic life.
Report Shows Hurricane Maria Death Toll Overwhelmingly Hit the Poorest and Oldest
A much anticipated study into the death toll from Hurricane Maria was released Tuesday. The independent report, commissioned by the governor of Puerto Rico, puts the number of people who died at 2,975 ith low-income communities and elderly men at the highest risk of death.
No Justice Without Love: Why Activism Must Be More Generous
We must honor our full humanity, especially the parts of ourselves that aren’t in alignment yet with our liberatory values. And part of honoring our humanity means honoring the humanity of others, even that of our enemies and oppressors.
On Being Conservative for the Common Against those Who Are Conservative for Enclosure
Because most political, social and working life is enclosed, people falsely conclude that our struggle must be to improve those enclosures – not to step gently into the wood. That choice, to weave improvements into the wires, is the course taken by most of the liberal left. It endorses enclosure.
