Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In this Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by members of the bioregioning movement, Daniel Christian Wahl, Samantha Power, and Isabel Carlisle, to discuss the necessity of reconnecting to our local places for the sake of addressing our ecological, social, and economic challenges.
Kitty – as I call him- is a catbird, as curious and mysterious as his four legged counterpart. A sleek gray bird with a black cap and mischievous eyes, all legs and long lines like a model on a runway. As spring blooms and blossoms, Kitty decides to adopt me.
The adoption of renewable energy represents a glimmer of renewed hope for Tribes, illuminating a path forward despite the shadows cast by systematic subjugation.
Just because our brains are incapable of tracking the complexity of the mechanisms that lead to decisions at the level of life does not invalidate the basis. How grandiose to imagine that we have a say in the matter!
Self-provisioning as a political act is to be free of the state and state rule. The easiest way to control a population is through their stomachs.
In my new book, Wicked Problems for Archaeologists, I examine a few creative ways that we can use archaeology to help directly address some of the global challenges that threaten both human and planetary health.
But if we are to continue at all, we have only one choice—to give up the conqueror role; to return to living simply as a small part of an organic whole.
Yes, there is much work to do, and nothing is more worth doing than trying to save this place. But if in my rushed, dogged efforts I became distracted from Tahlequah’s call, then I need to ask what I’m doing.
Can you think of anything built by humans that you would expect to last 100,000 years? I can’t.
The SAFER strategy is ambitious, even audacious. But in the face of escalating climate impacts, it’s clear that it is our best chance at building a more resilient future. As Trump takes power again, be empowered yourself… the time to pivot toward a strategy centred on adaptation is now.
In his second term, Trump has signaled he would attack Joe Biden’s climate policies any way he can, increase fossil fuel production, and stymie the expansion of renewable energy. Yet he may not be as successful as he hopes, because states will once again take action.
The many shifting challenges facing the Siċaŋġu Nation is why food sovereignty is so critical. “They’re here to teach us how to be food sovereign because someday food is gonna get too expensive for our people,” says Brandi Charging Eagle.
