Nate Hagens

What I Learned This Week: Gold Holdings, Political Divides, and the DOE Climate Report

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In this week’s Frankly, in a continuation of his ‘What I Learned This Week’ series, Nate updates viewers on things he learned in the past week, and the implications for our sociocultural trajectory. This edition focuses on recent financial and political headlines – global gold holdings, shifting geopolitical energy deals, and new U.S. Department of Energy reports – and explains their relevance to our biophysical reality and broader geopolitical landscape.

Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part II – Healthy Interdependencies, Led By Farmers

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How can the necessary relocalisation of food systems be reconciled with a need for exchange based on mutual aid, complementarity, and reciprocity? Can local biodiversity (and its products) support territorially grounded agricultural economies while also nurturing the emergence of spaces for innovation and cooperation across diverse realities?

How Rural Post Offices Sustain Community

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The remaining rural postal network serves as a living map of relationships, historical narratives and landscapes across the Midwest. Rural communities rely on the post office for more than just mail: it is a critical space for community news—both by word of mouth in the conversational space of the counter—and through bulletin boards.

Banking on Pollen

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Researchers in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture bank pollen for some species, but the strategy has been largely overlooked for wild plants. Wolkis sees it as an exciting possibility for conserving the genetic biodiversity of exceptional species with little need for extra infrastructure investment.