Lord Man Parable

By Tom Butler, originally published by Foundation for Deep Ecology and the Population Media Institute

March 12, 2015

This video replica of the “Lord Man” parable in the book Overdevelopment, Overpopulation Overshoot sets the stage for the provocative photo essays that are the essence of OVER.

Tom Butler

Conservationist Tom Butler edited the new book Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot (populationspeakout.org).

He is editorial projects director of the Foundation for Deep Ecology and president of Northeast Wilderness Trust. 

Tags: environmental degradation, Overshoot, Population

outdoor heat pump in cold conditions

How heat pumps became a Nordic success story

By Jan Rosenow, Carbon Brief

Policymakers in countries where heat pumps are still in their infancy do not have to start from scratch, but can learn from – and build on – the heat-pump success story in Norway, Finland and Sweden.

October 3, 2023

Sonoran Desert

Been Drivin’ for Months Out Here

By Terry McNeely, Resilience.org

I need this desert, more than it needs me

its sound vibrating through me

the water churning

rushing down the river bed

but it was only a momentary occurrence

where did it go?

October 3, 2023

Pruned olive trees in Italy

The Anthropocene? No. We’re Actually Entering the Ecocene!

By David Bollier, David Bollier blog

If humanity is to survive, it will have to learn how to get in sync with natural systems, culturally and economically, and actively contribute to the flourishing of earthly and human systems in tandem.

October 3, 2023