We Are the Middle of Forever: Excerpt
Kinship is a certain type of relationship that we all have with each other. No matter what society you live in, there’s going to be some degree of kinship.
Society
Power: Chapter 7. The Fate of the Superorganism
Ecologists have been telling us that “small is beautiful” since the 1960s, but trends have gone in just the opposite direction, resulting in the flourishing of the Superorganism. Nobody designed this vast, intricate web of global interconnectedness, and no one can control it.
Why we worship waste
Most of us are taught from childhood that waste is bad. But society actually worships waste as a sign of wealth and power.
Barred from the Climate Conversation
Without equal representation from the Global South, where these effects will be most severely felt, there is no hope that just solutions will be found and met.
Right-sizing delivery vehicles
Cargo bikes can replace far heavier vehicles for a substantial share of urban deliveries. But should you buy a cargo bike for personal use? Probably not.
From religion to science, and back
The challenge is to unleash these spirits of enquiry and autonomy from the realm of blank collective control which, nowadays, is bound up in state-backed corporatism and narratives of human progress.
Havana: Its low-tech internet, its urban cultures, its informal networks
In a world where the digital footprint seems to be increasing every day (it will have tripled in 15 years according to the French GreenIT), we were looking forward to this stopover to study what is called “the low-tech Internet”.
Exploring alternative schools in Southeast Asia
Marginalized communities and their ability to organize themselves towards a common goal would attest that even amid multiple crises, they can cultivate notable practices that produce and reproduce transformative pedagogies, especially for the young generation of learners.
With Old Traditions and New Tech, Young Inuit Chart Their Changing Landscape
As the coastline changes rapidly—reshaping the marine landscape and jeopardizing the hunt—Inuit youth are charting ways to preserve the hunt, and their identity.
There’s no place for burnout in a burning world
Climate activists can start to build a stronger culture of care by taking burnout seriously and understanding its root causes.
The Past, Present, and Future of Work
Our work environment is deeply dysfunctional. But making systemic change requires understanding how we got here.
There is no ‘Safe Haven’ from Climate Change
I would rather live in a society that remembers a time before the overabundance of fossil fuels that caused this mess, in a place where the favorite pastime of people is basically hunting, fishing, gathering and napping, and where every home has a small, diverse, multi-layered garden in the backyard.
