The Affairs of States: In the Greening of America
This first installment looks to provide a bit of historical and political context on the federal-state relationship regarding environmental matters and how it has changed over the past half-century.
Joel Stronberg
Ultimate Success
Is the 10,000-year-old human civilization in its infancy, or nearer its end than its beginning?
Methane Emissions Spiked in 2020. Scientists Fear Feedback Loops
Preliminary data shows that methane emissions jumped in 2020 by the largest amount since systematic record-keeping began decades ago.
The greatest debt crisis in history is upon us
We must engage with the just struggle to write off the uncollectible foreign debt which, aggravated by the social and economic effects of the pandemic, is threatening the survival of the peoples of the South.
What if we read more books?
When was the last time you read a book cover to cover? And if you are still able to do this, do you feel you read in the same way you did, say, 20 years ago?
How Resource Depletion Leads to Collapse. The Story of a Lost Kingdom
The idea that a civilization may collapse because of resource depletion is often hard to believe for historians.
Agriculture’s Greatest Myth
It is agribusiness that most aggressively alleges that all other forms of agriculture are inadequate. This Malthusian spectre is a good story, it’s had a tremendous run, but it’s just not true.
Climate Policy in the Manchin Era: Say It Ain’t so Joe!
With the Senate evenly divided, the loss of one Democratic vote with no Republican replacement changes the balance of power.
How a Seattle Neighborhood Confronted Food Insecurity in the Pandemic
Over the past year, more than 20 food supply organizations have contributed in one form or another to providing hot meals to residents through the community center.
Defibrillating democracy
In case you’ve not come across citizens’ assemblies, they are gatherings of people (usually 100-150), selected to be a true snapshot of the place in question (say, a country or city) based on demographic criteria such as gender, age, income and education level.
Reclaiming the forest: The Indigenous struggle for land rights in Kenya
The Sengwer have lived in the Embobut Forest for centuries, but they lost a vast proportion of their territories to British colonial administration in the early 1900s. Since, their land rights have been limited and precarious…
Resources for a better future: The commons
Autonomy refers to the capacity of a given system to self-manage. In other words, the more autonomy that a commons has, the less dependent it will be on external inputs.
