Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Matt Simon Some of the littlest organisms in the ocean wield incredible influence, both on their ecosystems and on the planet. Like plants do on land, phytoplankton absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide and expel oxygen.
These communities are not just surviving, they are innovating within their means. But without structural support, resilience has its limits.
So what’s a solution we can live with, as farmers? Here on the Roussière Farm, we have chosen to feed the people around us. For a little over seven years now, we’ve been taking our animals to the slaughterhouse ourselves, preparing our own meat boxes, and selling the meat we produce within 20 kilometers of our pastures.
For too long, discussions about energy have been confined to the realms of technicians and engineers. The energy we consume and the infrastructures sustaining its seemingly endless supply—whether fossil fuels or electricity—have largely remained out of sight and out of mind for much of modern history.
How is freedom, a polysemantic term, understood by the majority today? What is the relationship between modern freedom and the perpetual growth system? And what kind of freedom would post-growth have to put forward?
In this week’s Frankly, Nate unpacks some key blindspots of “the walrus movement”—a placeholder label that’s a gentle nod to those championing bold social and ecological ideals. While mostly well-intentioned, this “movement” can miss the stark limits of our planet’s unfolding biophysical reality.
…I think I would do better for myself and for the planet if I bought my food from local farmers, those that I know are using the least harmful methods of growing food.
Namibian conservation experts maintain that the key to wildlife survival is to cement their economic value in policies: if the people in the areas they roam can benefit from wildlife, they will stand a better chance in a more inhospitable future.
From trading posts to tech empires, corporations continue to grow in strength. Without reform, their power may soon eclipse public control entirely.
Now, the ILR invites anyone to traverse The Line (accessible by Google Maps) by foot (or boat, bicycle or other human-powered method) and document the landscape. The documentation—called “linear research”—is collected in the Atlas of Remoteness, an ongoing research project that is archived on the Atlas of Remoteness website and in books that explore The Line globally.
If our country is to meet the mounting challenges faced by an uncertain future, we need to focus on credible fact-based information – not industry sponsored hype.
It is clear that the EU support for farmers will be reduced given the concerns over EU’s security and increased defence spending, which I find logical in the current geopolitical context. All farmers will have to tighten their belts. However, I remain optimistic about organic farming, as more and more people in Lithuania are looking for such products. This trend is driving me forward.
