The potential of degrowth and buen vivir in addressing underdevelopment and conflict in the Global South
What is the potential role of degrowth and buen vivir in addressing underdevelopment and conflict in the Global South?
Society
Radical Realism
How will the radical regeneration of our key civilizational institutions happen? Not by delegating it to Big Money, Big Tech, or Big Gov. If it’s going to work, it will be sparked by a movement that works from EVERYWHERE
Regenerative Futures: Redesigning the human impact on Earth
I firmly believe that we are not destined to be a destructive species. I know we have the potential of healing the Earth and her people by co-creating diverse regenerative cultures everywhere.
A book in five minutes: ‘The Deep Ecology Movement’ (1980)
Forty-two years on from its publication, Devall’s paper and its clear critique – now realised in the predicted failure of the movement to make change – deserves a much greater audience. To make meaningful change, we must realise the world within the viewpoint outlined by deep ecological ideas.
Getting to the source: A climate activist’s reflections on MLK’s teaching
MLK teaches us that this kind of systemic change will not come without struggle and personal sacrifice. He asks us each to consider the role we will play.
Where are the municipalists in the US and Canada?
The very “incoherence” for which US and Canadian municipalists are criticized is a sign of a evolving movement grappling with historical problems on a civilizational scale.
The power of community: Scaling the potential of regenerative aid in times of climate emergencies and other vulnerabilities
Over the last few years my organization, Green Releaf Initaitive, has been prototyping our permaculture gardens on select sites affected by disasters and displacement. At the core of our theory of change is not just “design” but regenerative design that invites us to go beyond sustainability and ways that we can apply it in contexts of aid and development.
On Technology’s Past and Future
Since the heyday of technological determinism in the 1960s, many authors have written eloquently about how developments in technology are more typically the outcome of particular social and economic arrangements.
The hour is getting late – our expanded “Surviving the Future: Conversations for our Time” offerings
In these benighted times, I am delighted to be able to offer something wonderful!!
In partnership with Vermont’s Sterling College, the new and expanded ‘Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time‘ offering – now featuring three elements, in response to requests from our growing community…
House Divided
We are told we are divided. The narrative of division reinforces white male privilege by setting us against ourselves and not them.
Techno-utopia unravelling: Why complexity is no longer solving our problems
Many in contemporary global society unconsciously act to create more complexity, thinking it will solve whatever problem presents itself. That very complexity is now giving us negative returns. More of it will almost certainly make matters worse.
There is Unrest in the Urban Forest
The truth is that high urban density and abundant housing are entirely compatible with a lush tree canopy.
