Global Climate Wall
This report finds that the world’s biggest emitters of green house gases are spending, on average, 2.3 times as much on arming their borders as they are on climate finance.
Todd Miller
Media briefing: Farming can be a climate change solution, so why is it missing in action at COP26?
Sustainable farming systems that work in harmony with nature have an essential role to play and farmers want to be part of the movement for change.
When the Bones of our Ancestors Speak to Us: A Fugitive Conversation with Bayo Akomolafe
We can only ally and build stronger coalitions for change with the world around us (and not just with humans). Postactivism is the opening to this.
A people-powered legacy: community hydro on the River Thames
The slogan on the mural sums up the driving-force behind Reading Hydro perfectly: “This energy is by the people, for the people.” And the people are inspired to do more.
Can Detroit Return its Brownfields to the Indigenous Sacred Sites They Once Were?
What would Zug Island look like if the land were returned to Indigenous care, with federal funding for its restoration guided by Indigenous stewardship practices?
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.
Democracy Rising 1 Introduction: Idiots Я Us
Our aim is to support a movement of “democracy preppers” who want to stockpile social and community capital rather than dried beans and ammunition.
Fincastle: Sustainable hill farming is the future
Using Forest Research figures, we reckon that planting around 15% of our farm with wood pasture (around a third more than at present) could offset all of our emissions – something which we can definitely achieve without any real loss of agricultural production.
Over 650 People Arrested in D.C. During Week of Indigenous-led Climate Action Calling on Biden to be the Climate Leader he Promised to be
The organizers of the D.C. protests have yet to announce their next moves following the five-day action, but the Indigenous activists who were in the streets vowed to do whatever it takes to protect the planet for the next seven generations.
Book Review: A People’s Green New Deal
For those who complain that there is no clearly defined ecosocialist manifesto, Max Ajl, author of A People’s Green New Deal (Pluto Press, 2021), attempts to fill that void.
The Path to a Livable Future
The possibility for a just and sustainable future exists, and there’s plenty that we can do to get there before it’s too late.
On the Road to Glasgow: What Does Biden Have to Offer?
I’m wondering what it is that President Biden and his entourage of 12 Cabinet members and assorted other high-ranking officials will be able to promise their counterparts from other nations over the course of COP26.
