The Energy Bulletin Weekly 29 March 2021
Prices were volatile last week as the grounding of the “Ever Given” container ship in the Suez Canal set off a chain of events that wreaked havoc on global trade.
Tom Whipple
New England Ecology
We need to adapt ourselves to living within these ecosystems again. And to do that in New England, we need to eat the damn deer.
The Tale of the Camden Future Journal
A year ago we shared with you the story of the Camden Think & Do, the amazing community-led What If space created by Transition Kentish Town (TKT) in partnership with other community organisations. This is the story of what they did next, the tale of the Camden Future Journal.
21st century crimes against nature: ecocide as international law
Just as genocide has become the norm in international law, it is time to make war on nature a prosecutable crime also.
Going to extremes
It only took us a century to use up the best of the planet’s finite reserves of fossil fuels. The dawning century will be a lot different.
New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Climate Action as Congress Weighs Big Infrastructure Bill
Americans support the steps taken by the Biden administration thus far to tackle climate change by large margins, according to a new poll.
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…
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?
