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Overshoot, meet undershoot
A lot of people have a peculiar horror for the idea of a lower energy and more local world, necessarily involving more people working the land – whereas the idea of living in a suburb and working in an office tends to get a free pass. I think there will be more of the former and less of the latter in the future whether we like it or not, but it’s a bit odd that our culture is so resistant to the possibility that the former might have its plus points.
Ishmael: Chapter 2
The mythology of “Mother Culture” [modernity] will become ever-present. It will be harder to interact with and tolerate the people around you who drink in this tale without awareness. In their eyes, you’ll be an unrelatable weirdo: isolated and alone.
As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans
Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands. And their legal and political status as sovereign nations – backed by the U.S. Constitution, treaties, more than 120 Supreme Court rulings and the plain text of federal laws – puts Native nations in a strong position to continue their efforts, no matter which ways the federal winds blow.
America First: Can it be squared with proposed ‘annexation’ of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal?
Is there a contradiction between the Trump administration’s America First policy and its actions? Maybe not.
Audrey Tang — Digital Democracy: Moving Beyond ‘Big Tech’ to Save Open Societies
Today Nate is joined by Taiwanese Digital Ambassador at large, Audrey Tang, to explore real-world examples of how technology is being leveraged globally to address – and in some cases reverse – critical societal challenges, such as polarization, misinformation, and the erosion of trust in governments and institutions.
Finding the most effective ways to plant trees
In line with the goals of the Ecosystem Restoration Communities movement the group strongly agrees that we need to significantly increase the number of farmers or local community members that can propagate tree-growth across Europe, and the planned visits are aimed at equipping the local leaders and experts that attended this first gathering with new tools and insights!
Beyond Community Currencies: Strengthening Your Local Economy
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Renewable Energy Communities (REC), legal entities that collectively manage energy, promoting economic, social, and environmental benefits for their community. This model of citizen management over an essential resource has been widely accepted — so could a similar principle be applied to money?
Community farm plans “joyful celebration” in spite of funding setback
Bristol food producers have had hopes of lifeline-funding dashed after the UK national government abruptly closed subsidy applications.
A Different “Abundance Agenda”: Avoiding Delusions and Diversions
Our choices are clear: We can drill more, which will simply get us to a cruel end game even sooner. We can pretend that technology will save us, which might delay that reckoning. If we can abandon the delusions and diversions, there’s no guarantee of a happy future. But there’s a chance of a future.
The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis
The inequality of industrialization got us into this crisis, and addressing that inequality is the only way out.
The View from Washington
To describe Washington, DC, as anything other than a circus would be to do it an injustice. Mind you, it’s not just any circus. It’s a two-ring Roman Circus with President Trump as its master.
