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The Cascadia Bioregion: Organizations and Resources in the Pacific Northwest

January 23, 2026January 22, 2026 by Miriam Landman

The Pacific Northwest (PNW) region is typically defined to include Oregon and Washington, and British Columbia (Canada) and the northernmost section of California are often included, as well. The Pacific Northwest “bioregion”—an area defined by shared natural characteristics, such as watersheds, topography, geography, climate, or ecosystems, rather than by arbitrary human borders—also can be interpreted in different ways.

Capitalism and reproduction

January 22, 2026 by Gunnar Rundgren

Perhaps the main problem for capitalism and the problem with capitalism is that it is dependent on the same free “services” from nature and humans as it destroys?

Alberta’s Fiscal Crisis Is Self-Inflicted

January 22, 2026 by Andrew Nikiforuk

Smith gambled that strong oil prices would deliver her chaos-making government a safe ride on the roller-coaster. But if Trump’s Venezuela gambit succeeds, Smith’s increasingly unpopular government could find itself flying off the track all together.

Beyond the “Cheating” Panic: What AI Could Teach Us in an Era of Consequence

January 22, 2026 by Sharon Stein

If we treat dissensus not as division but as an invitation into shared learning, then AI’s arrival could support a vital pedagogical turn: away from assessing mastery of sanctioned truths, and toward the integration of difficult lessons in this era of consequence.

Breathe – The Measure of Enough

January 22, 2026 by Don Christoff

Every inhale signifies participation, every exhale, accountability. Maybe this is the true measure of enough: letting the breath of life circulate freely through all that exists.

Permanent Agriculture Part 1: Tree Crops

January 22, 2026 by Zia Gallina

Almost one hundred years later, Smith’s original ideas for planting a two story agriculture remain inspired—planting crop trees on challenging and depleted land. Trees can do most of the heavy work when it comes to feeding the inhabitants of our planet and repairing our land.

Wealth without wages, wages without wealth

January 21, 2026 by Bart Hawkins Kreps

Purchasing others’ time, whether by the hour, the day, or the week, can be an important tactic for extracting wealth – especially when asserting control over that time allows for speed-ups in the production of exchange value. But Alyssa Battistoni emphasizes that much wealth depends on natural processes that are difficult if not impossible to speed up. In many such cases capitalism forgoes direct control of labour and finds other ways to extract value.

Ditching Dualism #9: Reductionism

January 21, 2026 by Tom Murphy

The thinking is that claiming Life to be “nothing but” matter is not only a staggering simplification, but also reduces the amazingness of life to mere “dead” physics.

The Threads That Bind Us

January 21, 2026 by Tara-Sky Woodward

This time of trouble calls for a vibrant forest—a woodland brimming with the stalwart oaks, the slender birches, and the bowing willows. We each offer distinctive gifts and dreams to share in our tenacious striving towards a more resilient tomorrow.

Technology and Wealth: The Straw, the Siphon, and the Sieve

January 20, 2026 by Nate Hagens

In this week’s Frankly, Nate explores the relationship between technology and wealth when viewed through a global biophysical lens.

Danish image-making of climate change and colonial fantasies of a disappearing Kalaallit Nunaat

January 26, 2026January 20, 2026 by Semine Long-Callesen

When the Trump Administration bid on Greenland, or Kalaallit Nunaat, it continued a long history of imperialism in the Arctic island.

A short history of endurance

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 by Charlotte Del Signore

The future remains uncertain. The conditions keep shifting. What remains available is the most basic human capacity. Listen. Then place your energy where it returns coherence.