Why Resistance Matters: Resistance & Regeneration
The growing movement for regeneration offers a much needed reframe of how to fully show up in our humanity at this critical moment in our planet’s history.
Marissa Mommaerts
A Meditation on The Overstory
What would cause a person to separate humans from all other forms of life? It’s illogical to the extreme.
Democracy Rising 14: Getting Started with Dialogue and Deliberation, Part 3
What I mean by dialogue is a defined set of communication patterns that build understanding and help people of different backgrounds and experiences openly share their thoughts and work through their differences with mutual respect.
Cuba prepares for disaster
The book Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba: Adaptation and Management (2021) traced the highly successful source of the island nation’s efforts to the way it put human welfare above property.
The Forest, the Moon, and the Last Time
A stoic meditation I have been practicing is called The Last Time. The idea behind this meditation is straightforward: there will be a last time for anything you do, and because you can’t really know when that is, reflecting upon this fact while doing something you love heightens your appreciation of the moment.
The deeper meaning buried in the data on carbon emissions – a data blog
The impacts of ‘dangerous exponentials’ – that even some in the finance world now seems to accept might be unsustainable – are an issue that the environment movement has failed to address.
Why estimates of the ‘cost’ of climate action are overly pessimistic
The “cost” of cutting greenhouse gas emissions is often used to argue that tackling climate change is expensive. But this provides a skewed image to policymakers and stakeholders.
Is There Life After Fert?
A return to mixed farming would bring with it numerous blessings: reduced water pollution, greater agricultural biodiversity, healthier soils, reduced reliance on pesticides and herbicides, more farm jobs and more varied and interesting work.
Patriarchy and the Cultural Roots of the Climate Crisis with Amy Westervelt (Bonus episode of Crazy Town)
Investigative journalist and podcaster Amy Westervelt talks with Asher about the cultural roots of the climate crisis.
Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump
In recent years, while fracking’s supporters were shouting “drill baby drill” the oil industry began lobbying behind the scenes to undercut programs designed to make vehicles more fuel efficient or less reliant on fossil fuels.
Building Community Action Through Climate Hubs
Community-led climate hubs are springing up across the UK. They’re a response to inaction by global governments on the climate crisis, and the realisation that to avoid the worst we need to take action ourselves, while constantly pressing governments for ambitious policy matching the scale of the challenge.
Peri-urban agriculture: Feeding us where the urban and rural meet
There are exciting opportunities for using land on the edge of cities – the peri-urban (areas adjacent to urban settlements) fringe – to provide more agroecologically produced food and to connect urban and rural economies through food growing.
