Micro utopias for an inclusive future
The Atlas of Utopias is an invigorating breath of fresh air in a world that has lost its great utopia. And it is tangible proof that “real utopias” are underway.
Society
Why is this not enough?
One of the universal characteristics of Homo sapiens seems to be that we are a meaning-seeking species. Across time, place, and circumstance, human beings try to figure out what it all means, or doesn’t mean.
Misplaced positivity on climate is harmful. Preparing for breakdown could help.
Moments of international media attention to climate change have been rare. So let’s not waste them with fairytales.
Reclaiming Your Attention is Key to Cultivating Resilience and Avoiding Burnout: Part 1
The concept of ‘directed attention’ from environmental psychology offers an approach to self-care that’s available to anyone.
Let There Be Dragons
Barnhill is telling the story of one of these resilient alternative cultures in terms of dragons. As such, it doesn’t seem like a road map for reality. But it is. Because Barnhill’s dragons are women.
The Radical Roots of Community Supported Agriculture
At the most human level, reconnecting people around the growing of their own food may prove to be among our most effective means of healing our widespread sense of disconnection from nature and community.
Joan Diamond: “From Kool-aid to Lemonade”
Diamond helps us imagine the future in an uncertain time. How can we create robust strategies to help us plan? How can we avoid thinking only of worst-case scenarios?
Autumn in July
Somehow I could see us taking on these ridiculously challenging adaptations to the mess we’ve made of things sooner than actually doing anything to just clean up the mess…
How change happens: Lessons from Australia’s bombshell election
After nine long years of an increasingly far-right, climate change denying Liberal National Party coalition (LNP) government, the citizens of Australia voted for change.
The Local Planet and the Global Empire of Corporations
From all that has been seen, it can be affirmed that the future of the planet will be local, or it will not be.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Review
If humanity is to deflect from the current disastrous path, we need a change of consciousness. Reading a book like Braiding Sweetgrass can illuminate the alternate path. I recommend it without reservation.
Herman Daly: An economist for eco-social activists
A new book explains how an economist, in challenging the orthodoxy, has helped activists change the world.
