Bathing in the Wisdom of Forests
Forest bathers aim not for physical exertion, a naturalist’s eye for species identification, or stimulating conversation with companions. The aim is sheer presence…
Robert Engelman
Water is life: Can we protect it?
The irony that Texas, the state built on fossil fuels, was completely unprepared for extreme weather disasters shouldn’t be lost on anyone.
Taking on a Billionaire Landlord in the Twin Cities
As a national tenant eviction moratorium imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to expire on March 31, 2021, the role of billionaire landlords is getting dramatic attention.
Can organic farming feed the world?
I discuss various aspects of so-called ‘alternative’ agriculture at some length in Chapter 6 of A Small Farm Future, and I don’t intend to retrace many of those steps here. But there’s a couple of further things I do want to say in this blog cycle. Here, I’ll focus on organic farming.
Fear of Death and Climate Denial, or… the Story of Wolverine and the Screaming Mole of Doom (Episode 34 of Crazy Town)
What can we learn about death from the X-Men, small screaming rodents, and unwitting college students in psychology experiments? It turns out that the fear of death (or death anxiety) affects human behavior in all sorts of surprising and deeply troubling ways.
Embodying and Releasing Climate Grief
What are the skills needed to witness grief and our deep relationality with the earth and other people? And how can these skills be woven into our community life?
Roots of Resilience: How CAP, Farm to Fork, and Land Policies can Support an Agroecological Transition in Europe
It is time to rediscover the roots of our resilience by grounding land policy in collective action and democratic forms of land politics. That’s according to a new report led by Transnational Institute. T
Guaranteeing the Right to Decent Work
The job guarantee is an ambitious proposal that aims to ensure everyone in society has access to fairly waged, decent work.
Rejecting settler logic — an Indigenous view of American borders
The impact of borders on the colonial Americas — from Alaska to Argentina — on Indigenous communities visibility, political representation, and access to community and sacred sites cannot be understated.
The Hydrogen Myth: Technology and Religion in the Decline of Civilizations
Thinking of hydrogen on a grand scale as supporting a society as complex and wasteful as ours is simply a dream. Nevertheless, hydrogen remains popular nowadays just because of this impossible promise…
Are Environmentalists No Wiser than Monkeys Reaching for the Moon?
If the moon is a symbol for true sustainability, it may be out of environmentalists’ reach—no matter what they try. We may have already crossed too many tipping points to prevent a massive ecological state shift.
Donations to Black-Led Food and Land Organizations Shift from Charitable Giving to True Reparations
Transferring wealth to Black-led groups is a particularly potent form of reparations with immediate benefits to communities of color.
