Transition Voices on Social Justice – Part Three
Young people aren’t going to be attracted to Transition if it stays in its little bubble. I think there’s widespread understanding that Transition needs to reach beyond the choir.
Abigail Sykes
Review: The Economic Superorganism by Carey W. King
In this aptly titled book, University of Texas research scientist Carey W. King argues that the modern-day global economy is a superorganism.
America’s Conflicted Landscapes
Does nature represent eternity, ancestors, science, the present, the future, or a young earth? Is it to be revered, conserved, exploited, or sacrificed? A nation that identifies itself with nature begins to fall apart when it can no longer agree on what nature is.
Complexity and Armageddon, or… the Story of the Hemp Microphone (Episode 38 of Crazy Town)
Society has become so complex that all the complexity begets more complexity. And if that’s not complex enough for you, jobs have become so specialized that hardly anyone knows how anything is made or works.
A Slow Take on the Texas Blackout
What happened in Texas is an incredibly complex story involving many factors, from a simple lack of weatherization, to flaws in the state’s electricity market structure, to failed governance.
Okinawans exhibit artful way of reclaiming Indigenous space
In 1995, the Okinawan community of Yomitan — which had been dispossessed of their lands during the Pacific War to allow for the building of a Japanese airfield — revealed their plans for the future of their village.
Working on Overdrive: The Future of Platforms and Working Time
It might be a bit of a hunker down message, but it’s about focusing on people’s needs: security, resilience, and minimising risks.
Transition Voices on Social Justice – Part Two
But we have to recognise our own part in perpetuating the system. If you don’t care for another human being, what is the point of life?
Alternative agriculture: a polite discussion
I don’t really want to go looking for arguments with anyone working broadly within alternative agriculture, permaculture or human-centred economics – though I’ve learned the hard way that people have different judgements about the boundary between ‘looking for discussion’ and ‘looking for arguments’.
In Breach of Contract
Humans today stand in gross violation of our pact with nature. We are egregiously in breach of contract. Our protections are thereby revoked.
Oxford University Has Pledged to Divest from Fossil Fuels – Now it Needs to Sever All Ties to the Industry
We are disappointed that our university, an influential institution with a moral obligation to lead by example, is so deeply involved in this industry and hope our report will act as a wake-up call, setting an agenda for change.
Living Ecologically Is Illegal
How do we live together, on this planet, in a way that is good for all? This is a question that has driven our work as storytellers for the past six years and inspired our coverage of the Rights of Nature movement.
