Second- and third-order effects: Immigration, bird flu and climate
It’s difficult to see the knock-on effects of our actions and it can be very dangerous not to.
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Restoring the Wild: How Reintroducing Bison Could Revive Britain’s Landscapes and Ecosystems
Reintroducing European bison to Britain, despite their absence from its history, could help restore ecological balance by fostering biodiversity and reversing some of the damage caused by industrial farming practices.
Is 100 years of cheap food coming to an end?
There are multiple reasons for why food prices are on the rise. There are major similarities between the FAO food price index and energy prices. This is also quite natural as energy is a major input in the whole food system.
This is what democracy looks like
Ours is a relational world, not a world of billiard balls knocking into one another trying to gain advantage. The space between things or people isn’t empty, it’s full of something invisible to the eye, yet viscous and buoyant, a carrier wave that we can sweeten with our thoughts and feelings.
Internet Grief: Where the island meets the metaverse
As an 8 year-old, the author received her first exposure to the online world. As an adult, she reflects on what it took from her.
The Dark Frontier
If humanity is going to survive, and play a healthy role in the Gaian system, all of us will have to learn to accept limits – that certain areas of the world are not for us humans to exploit but belong to Gaia and the untold species that inhabit them.
Abandon All Hope: Dire Times for Europe
The meeting between Trump and Putin to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine (without the participation of Ukraine, let alone the EU) has made it clear that we are entering a new phase in the decline of our civilization, that we are already in the first stages of the final game of the energy descent.
Crapitalism: Psychoanalysis and the Profit Motive
Moving from cultures of greed to cultures of gratitude requires institutional change, but it also requires that we look inwards, gently put our infantile wishes to bed, and wake up to this rich earth, with its soils made healthy by shit and decay.
Africa at a Crossroads: A Future of Ruin or Renewal?
Africa’s history is not just one of suffering—it is also one of resilience, ingenuity, and renewal. Across the continent, ordinary people are accomplishing the extraordinary. They are fighting back against desertification, reclaiming barren lands, and bringing life back to the soil.
Ishmael: Chapter 3
Indeed, we speak of our planet, our environment, and even our wildlife. That’s what mythology looks like: not facts, but an interpretive wrapping.
Energy bills and debt are rising yet again – here are three things that would help vulnerable households
Incomes are failing to keep pace with rising energy prices and existing schemes to help those on low incomes fall well short. This will push more people into hardship. The UK government must put the needs of the most vulnerable first.
Kristine Tompkins — Rewilding 15 Million Acres: Why True Wealth Means More Than Money
Today Nate is joined by conservationist Kristine Tompkins, to discuss her decades of work on conservation initiatives in South America, the value of personal responsibility, and how she has cultivated a way of living without fear in taking on unprecedented environmental challenges.
