México Profundo: Indigenous People Hold the Keys
If the modern world is in crisis, then let us turn to its antithesis, the traditional world, in search of keys, clues, beacons.
Society
Evolving toward community-led conservation
To achieve biodiversity goals, conservation organizations need to ensure local residents play a lead role in designing and implementing initiatives.
Helen Thompson: “The Complex History of Energy and Geopolitics”
On this episode, political economist Helen Thompson and Nate discuss how energy and geopolitics have interconnected over the past century, building to the entangled political relationships we see around us today.
The Composition of Worlds: Excerpt
It is a tragic paradox that the very civilization that invented the idea of nature also became, as its values spread across a large part of the world, the instrument of the destruction of what that idea is meant to represent.
The Intransigence of Now
Modernity cannot go on, and will be the death of us if we don’t wake up to that reality.
Crazy Town Bonus Riff: Bundyville and Stories that Need to Be Told with Leah Sottile
Investigative journalist Leah Sottile writes articles teeming with insights, and she produces and hosts podcasts filled with ah-ha moments. Rob tries not to sound like too much of a fanboy as he interviews Leah about political extremism, environmentalism, and the craft of storytelling during the Great Unraveling.
Native Sites in Ohio Named to World Heritage List
The eight earthworks complexes in central and southern Ohio join nearly 1,200 sites worldwide that UNESCO has said have outstanding value to humanity.
Holding the Fire: Episode 7. Everything Is Connected with Paty Gualinga
Before we can take the necessary actions to serve and protect the Earth, we must first fully understand and embody the interconnectedness of all things. Paty Gualinga of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, an Indigenous community based in the Ecuadorian Amazon, spoke directly to this.
Restoring ecological balance and building community: Rocciaviva’s network in Basilicata
Association Rocciaviva (Living Rock in Italian) was born out of Piero Franco’s desire to help his community and restore the region of Basilicata, Italy.
Decolonizing Economics: African and Feminist Perspectives on Post-Growth Futures
Feminist decolonial discourse helps ensure that progress is more inclusive, just, and transformative for all.
Energy Descent, a Kaleidoscopic Dialogue
It may seem odd that I’d begin an essay on the topic of energy descent as I am, by speaking of this theme specifically as a topic of philosophical concern. But I have my reasons for doing so, as hopefully you’ll soon understand.
Why wage work?
There is so much work that needs to be done, and almost none of it is in an office or a shop. The garden of the world needs to be weeded. This home needs to be cleaned. This body needs nourishing food. And we all need to rest and recover — so we may build new, more durable, more beautiful, more rewarding relationships with the world when the spring returns.
