The Flimsy Ladder to Solid Ground – Part Two
We’ve explored, in part one of this article, how fossil fuels had (in a sense) suspended history…Here’s another thing – the pursuit of mass consumption has suspended the pursuit of mass happiness.
Society
Liberation Ecology
Today, we realize that a finite Earth cannot support endless growth that overshoots the Earth’s biophysical limits and threatens long-term human survival and Mother Earth’s bounty.
The Anthropocene Is Here: Humanity Has Pushed Earth Into a New Epoch
The Anthropocene Epoch has begun, according to a group of experts assembled at the International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africa this week.
Making the Regenerative City
The regenerative city applies ecological principles to urban redevelopment to make the city environmentally viable. It should make the city socially viable as well.
Sebastian Junger’s Meditation on Tribes
Why is it that American combat veterans experience the highest rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the world, while soldiers from other countries have far lower levels? Amazingly, warriors of the past, such as Native Americans, rarely experienced PTSD-like symptoms.
Resilience in Action!
Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the earthquake in central Italy – as we post this 241 people are known to have died, dozens are still trapped, many are homeless and aftershocks continue to rock the area.
Learning from Failure: A Modest Introduction
The other day, one of the readers over at the other blog asked a question as sensible as it is timely: why do so many sane people start foaming at the mouth when the subject of this year’s US presidential election comes up? It’s a fair question.
On Flimsy Ladders, or Flimsy Ain’t Nothing. Flimsy is All.
We float above living Earth in a life supplied by fossilised life.
Five Things Americans Don’t Understand about Politics
At the height of America’s most bizarre presidential election campaign in decades, a careening spectacle largely due to the nutcase ramblings of an epic uber-narcissist, a contemporary, real-world He Who Can’t Be Named, I’ve come to realize just how little the American people understand about politics in its nuts and bolts.
Wild Democracy: A Biodiversity of Resistance and Renewal
With characteristic insight, the great American philosopher, John Dewey, once wrote: ‘Every generation has to accomplish democracy over again for itself.’
Why Bicycle Justice Isn’t a White Guy in Spandex
In 2010, Burton and a core group of organizers officially launched Red, Bike, and Green. “It’s bigger than bikes” is one of the group’s slogans.
Community Resilience = Emergency Preparedness
Resilience is preparedness, and before disaster strikes, we would do well to invest more in the organic movement to build local resilience…
