Republican Politics of the Absurd and the Climate Debate
I know I’m hardly alone in thinking that the wheels of American democracy feel like they’re coming off the cart. How will we ever solve pressing problems when the debates are so disingenuous?
Society
Review: Osprey Orielle Lake, The Story is In Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis
In The Story Is in Our Bones, author, activist and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake draws on decades of experience to provide a remarkable exploration of the way forward, intriguingly captured in the subtitle How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis.
Environmentalist & anti-war goals go hand-in-hand
As someone who has long been both pro-environment and anti-war, I hope that my words can play a part in providing a bridge between the two movements.
What is to be done? Thoughts on degrowth strategy
This revolution requires no heroic sacrifices at the barricades. It requires patient plodding at the task of spreading the new ideas and values.
Cities, Roads, and the Sixth Extinction Event
The ‘tipping point’ at which humanity became a majority-urban species finally occurred in 2008; this trend has continued (55% by 2018), and may be 70% by the middle of the 21st century.
Dismantling Silos: Why Those Who Fight Cancer and Environmental Dangers Must Join Forces
My hope is that what I have shared here will convince others of the powerful opportunity we all have to rise up against prevailing messages intent on keeping us powerless, and to experience in the company of others our ability to effect change. May we all have strong hearts and loving companions for such a journey.
New Social Spaces
Maybe fighting to save the high street through the power of social enterprise and community business is the wrong fight. Maybe we should be fighting instead for ownership of these new places in the new high street?
Distilled Disintegration
If someone’s gut reaction is to dismiss talk of modernity’s demise as dismal doomerism, I wonder what bolsters their confidence in the opposite conclusion.
Leo Infrastructure
Only as visionaries will we get a realistic chance of narrowing the gap between the world we got and a world we would be happy to live in.
Crazy Town 82. Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity
Did a whimsical 1960s TV sitcom presage climate migration and a reversal of urban growth? We’re not calling for a Godzilla-esque teardown of cities, but climate change is forcing a serious urban rethink. Jason, Rob, and Asher offer visions of better infrastructure, policies, and culture that you can embrace, even if your home is in the city.
The Fellowship of the Ring: ‘Bend Not Break’ Version
In this Frankly, Nate recasts his favorite book series, the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, with some speculative “archetypes” of our human world grouped by various timelines.
Integrating Indigenous Wisdom with Systems Change: The Insights of Dr. Melanie Goodchild
Melanie emphasizes the importance of engaging with the earth not as a resource but as a teacher, a source of healing and wisdom.
