Root cellars vs. money
We are able to see why a root cellar is necessary. We are able to reimagine our path through life so that we are on the sustainable root cellar way, not the way of void following implosion.
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How we make progress now: Parts 1 and 2
As all us fans of sports cliches know, the best defense is a good offense. Time to start setting the fossil fuel industry back on its heels a bit!
Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse
Immigration and border security will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the new Trump administration. But there also is a growing water crisis along the U.S.–Mexico border that affects tens of millions of people on both sides, and it can only be managed if the two governments work together.
Escaping the Trap of ‘Realism’ and ‘Utopianism’: Towards Programmatic Synthesis
Organizing our communities horizontally and managing to draft collectively our own programmatic agendas helps us break the supposed juxtaposition between political visions of a better society and what is politically feasible in the meantime.
The Fix Our Forests Act: It’s Not What It Claims to Be
It comes in a box with a picture of a fire extinguisher on the front. Below it the words: Guaranteed to stop wildfires. But when you open it up there’s a chainsaw inside. Tucked beside it is a piece a piece of paper saying “Now without citizen overview!”
Why Musk’s access to U. S. Treasury payment systems risks a global financial meltdown
Giving Elon Musk and his callow team of computer coders access to the U.S. Treasury payments system is very, very dangerous.
Saguaro Struggles: A Desert Icon Feels the Heat
The Sonoran Desert is no stranger to heat, but as climate change makes heatwaves more frequent, intense, and long-lasting, the resilience of this desert’s most beloved plant is being tested.
Juice: Review
A major new entry to the Oz-pocalypse sub-genre was recently published, which may be one of the most profound works of cli-fi seen to date. This is the novel Juice (Tim Winton, Picador, 2024), which paints a vivid future history of a climate change-ravaged Australia, and wider world.
Climate Politics: What Would Donald Trump Do?
So, what would Donald Trump do to convince his voters of the need for a low-carbon economy? He would keep it simple and all about the economy. Those are words to advocate by.
Rethinking Rank and Privilege in Human Societies
By applying a concept widely used in mathematics and computer science, Carole Crumley has radically changed the way anthropologists see and study societies.
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz: “Always Adding More: The Unpopular Reality about Energy Transitions”
Today, Nate is joined by energy and technology historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz for a lesson on the importance of understanding the historical trajectory of energy use for realistically navigating the unprecedented challenges humanity faces today – including the dominant narrative of a modern-day “energy transition.”
“Cursed be the ground”
The disciplines of regenerative agriculture and nature restoration both seek to establish a more natural relationship with land. Both are experimenting with understanding what that relationship might look like in a modern world.
