7 Thought Experiments for Earth Day
For this Earth Day in 2024 Frankly, Nate walks through 7 thought experiments geared towards imagining scenarios and outcomes for ourselves, society, and the planet.
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Among the ancestors
It seems unlikely to me that many of the modern-day technological appurtenances so baffling to my mother will count among the gifts that present generations hand on to succeeding ones.
The Biodiversity Principle
The Biodiversity Principle acts to de-center humans, and frees us up to admire and enjoy the luck we have. It shifts focus to the more-than-human world, so that we might treasure the biodiversity we witness and are a part of—and then perhaps act like it!
Earth Isn’t Just Where We’re From
Earth is it. It’s not just where we’re from, it’s where we belong, and it’s the only home we will ever know. If we don’t take care of it, we will cease to exist.
Energy Descent: Public Letter
There will be less energy to go around – but there will be more equality and more meaningful ways of living. This future may have less energy – but it will have more of what really matters.
Taking Paradigm Shift To A Wider Audience, Part One
This article is part of the Primer For Paradigm Shift Series and will describe taking the ideals and actions of paradigm shift to a wider audience. We have many allies and assets to work with for sharing what paradigm shift has to offer the wider world.
A ‘Transcender Manifesto’ for a world beyond capitalism. A seed.
We seek not to destroy capitalism, nor to reform it, but to transcend it – to consciously and rapidly evolve past it.
Luther Krueger: “Goldilocks Tech? A Solar Oven Overview”
On this episode, Nate is joined by Solar Oven collector and educator Luther Krueger to discuss the ins and outs of solar cooking.
Navigating the Polycrisis: Excerpt
The goal of this book is thus to develop a new way of thinking about planetary futures that can help us create more useful and comprehensive maps of the possibility space.
3 Old Technologies For A Sustainable Future
We don’t need high-tech innovation to create a sustainable future for humanity. In fact, all the tech we need to regenerate our ecosystem and provide a good life for all already exists.
Ministry of Imagination Manifesto released as the world goes to the polls
This year, perhaps now more than ever, we need a taste of what policymaking underpinned by the radical imagination looks like.
The ECHR’s First Climate Ruling: What Does it Mean?
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has today ruled that insufficient action to tackle climate change is a violation of human rights.
