Last Week’s Tech Meltdown Is a Wake-Up Call
Citizens, for example, can make their homes and families more robust by subtracting the majority of digital devices monopolizing their attention and degrading their humanity.
Society
The Reality Party
Following the attempted assassination of former United States President Donald J. Trump, Nate reflects on the dysfunctional social dynamics which have brought many of us to high levels of tribalism and mistrust toward others and divorced from the deeper challenges facing us in coming decades.
West Philly Porchfest: The Battle for Car-Free Streets and Community Celebration
I first found myself in West Philadelphia in 2019 during Porchfest, an annual music festival that exists because approximately two square miles of Philadelphians collectively decide it should. And so it does, whether the city grants the annually requested street closures or not.
MM #6: Accidental Tourists
Yes, we’re in mid-air right now and it’s really amazing and we can point to a lot of associated perks (for humans alone, in the short term, importantly). But, if it’s unsustainable then it is by definition going to fail. What evidence might possibly bolster the case that our current path is at all ecologically sustainable?
Lessons from the Hurricane
The lesson in Beryl, the message from the weather gods of Vermont, is to stop relying on fragile money-based systems to meet your needs. Build real things. And that will keep you safe and secure when the power behind this whole system goes out.
Not with a bang but a whimper: Making our own pandemics
More and more it is becoming apparent that we humans are setting the stage for pandemics with our carelessness and unwillingness to take the necessary preventative actions that might hurt powerful economic interests.
Contemplating an Ecological Chaplaincy: A Soft Manifesto for Hard Times
An ecological chaplaincy then might be one that tends to the spiritual care of people of any or no faith who want to connect more deeply with the earth, or who worry about what is happening to the earth.
15 Questions with Tori Tsui
Tori Tsui, a UK-based climate activist, speaker, and author, can claim an impressive career centered around climate justice, policy, action, and organizing. In this video, Tori answers a series of questions about her career, the ways that climate anxiety and environmental injustice are related, and the importance of intersectionality in the larger environmental movement.
The only antidote to election anxiety is training to confront Trump’s threat
No matter the outcome in November, we need training to transform despair into action and to build the kind of solidarity that offers protection.
MM #5: Our Biological Inheritance
All our senses and capabilities are inherited. We would be nothing without our older brothers and sisters on this planet.
Why do bad things happen to good people?
It comes down to that… Why do bad things happen to good people? Be-cause… and mostly because we’ve got bad and good confused by our self-centered stories.
Green Cities Are for People, Not Profit
But it’s not too late; in Austin and across the U.S., we can build sustainable and affordable cities without displacing working-class communities of color. Our efforts will only be fruitful if we stop prioritizing investors’ and developers’ interests and begin listening to working-class communities of color.
