‘The Exterminating Empire’ offers a clear diagnosis of capitalism’s violence but no clear strategies to confront it
From Gaza to Indigenous dispossession, cultural erasure, and the failures of mainstream climate politics, de Ploeg exposes how power disguises destruction as progress, security, or sustainability.
November 2, 2026
What a 650-mile hike taught me about resilience and muddling through the Great Unraveling
I took a really long walk this summer. Along the way, I learned lessons that seemed applicable to how we can cultivate personal and community resilience during the Great Unraveling.
October 30, 2026
How human ecology education can counter learned social hierarchies — Cont’d
Rather than viewing human beings primarily through categories such as gender, race, appearance, or social status, human ecology begins with the shared needs and experiences that unite us all.
October 28, 2026
The case for ‘Climate Popularism’: A new politics for an age of ecological crisis
Climate resilience and adaptation remain largely neglected in UK politics, a glaring omission our proposal aims to address.
October 27, 2026
How human ecology education can counter learned social hierarchies
Social hierarchies based on gender, race, appearance, and status are often learned rather than inevitable. Human ecology education offers one framework for helping people recognize these patterns and build more equitable relationships and communities.
October 26, 2026
What if fighting climate change could help tackle the crisis of male loneliness?
What’s now widely called the male loneliness epidemic is, on closer inspection, less about loneliness itself than about having nowhere to take it. Why shouldn’t combating climate change do the job?
October 26, 2026
In his new book, activist Chris Dixon teaches us that beating burnout in social movements requires strategy
“For the Long Haul” diagnoses the roots of burnout among organizers and offers lessons from movement elders to combat it.
October 23, 2026
The Great Unraveling
Environmental and social challenges are compounding to threaten the systems that support the world we know. What does this Great Unraveling mean for human civilization and the global ecosystem?
