Ishmael: Chapter 9
The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is known around the world. Why does it have such sticking power?
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Ishmael: Chapter 8
The Leaver story does not bestow power on its enactors. It affords lives that work well for them. It’s not an existence dominated by striving and angst; by confusion and adversaries.
Unintended Consequences in a Complex World
In this short edition of Frankly, Nate dives into the theme of unintended consequences across energy, environmental issues, and social movements. Through this lens, we understand the importance of looking two or three steps ahead of today’s actions and see the – sometimes unwanted – ripple effects in the future.
How to Kidnap an Audience: On breaking the spell of our training as consumers
People get broken all the time, there’s no art in that, but there is an art in making spaces where we can be broken open with a chance of healing.
“There is No Democracy Without Direct Democracy”
A revolutionary movement has to have a revolutionary goal – the overthrow of the corrupt, rotten structures of end stage capitalism and the replacement of decayed structures with new, responsive institutions.
Ishmael: Chapter 7
Lion encounters with gazelles are not war-like massacres, or expressions of hatred: just satisfaction of hunger in the way ecological relationships and evolution set them up to work. Once the lions have a gazelle down, the other gazelles go about grazing in close proximity to the lions, justifiably unconcerned.
Why Well-Off Brits Who Think Collapse Is Coming Still Stay Silent
It strikes me that we are now at a crucial tipping point where a large number of people have been activated to the dire state of things when it comes to our many crises and challenges but whose behaviours are not commensurate with their understanding.
Racing Toward Collapse: How Our Fear of Limits Drives Us Off A Cliff
If there is one lesson history teaches us, it is that those who acknowledge limits survive. Those who ignore them do not. The choice before us is simple: adapt to reality, or continue chasing a fantasy until it all falls apart.
Ishmael: Chapter 6
Just as gravity keeps the Earth, solar system, and galaxy together/organized, so too does the Law of Life keep the community of life together.
Urban Legend: The Harebrained Myth of Urban Sustainability and Why You Should Bet on the Country Tortoise
So yeah, let us rewild half (or I’d say almost all) the Earth, with people integrated into ecologically functional landscapes. There is much to be anxious about in the future, but I hope the prospect of people becoming Indigenous to a place again motivates us to work on this more gracious possibility.
Living the Change: How TGS Viewers are Transforming Their Lives and Communities
A few months ago, we invited viewers to share the projects, initiatives, and lifestyle changes they’ve embraced after becoming aware of the global challenges facing humanity. In this special compilation episode, we’re featuring just a few of the many inspiring videos that were submitted.
The End of Big Solutions
The end of Big Solutions is perhaps the end of an illusion. But it is hardly the end of our opportunities to make a difference.
