Revolutionary Power: Excerpt
We must view the battle for the design of the new, clean energy system through the same lens we use to view broader struggles for economic and civil rights.
We must view the battle for the design of the new, clean energy system through the same lens we use to view broader struggles for economic and civil rights.
As more and more of us are turned on to the idea of small-scale self-reliance and seek to build resilient local communities, one of the most serious challenges we face is basic access to affordable land.
Many may feel this way now as we emerge from Covid and the Trump presidency – still somewhat skittish after 4 years of waking to ever crazier tweets, threats, and lies – yet cautiously hopeful.
King’s recognition of profound interconnectivity demanded that human security be grounded in the quality of our relationships, the systems we have in place to support people when things get hard, and by creating international frameworks to guarantee equity and human dignity over profit.
In 2019, Moomaw and his co-authors published a scientific review finding that the capacity of forested lands to sequester carbon dioxide could be increased significantly. They say the fastest way to do this is through what they call “proforestation,” the natural growth and development of standing forest ecosystems.
As the demand for help from food banks increases can we really expect that spending on the arts and culture will be getting top priority in how people allocate their available money?
And so, as we emerge blinking into the light, from behind our lockdown screens, it is with an invigorated vision of the world we’re collectively striving to build. We have much to do, but grounds to be positive.
What if we actually planned to reduce energy usage significantly while revamping the economy to promote happiness and well-being? Then it would be far easier to replace our remaining energy usage with renewable sources.
Confused by the story of separation, many people have tried to seek certainty, control and prediction, rather than embracing uncertainty and humbly accepting the limits of what can be known.
Rondout Riverport 2040 offers the communities of Kingston and Esopus, New York, a visionary template and extraordinary opportunity for remaking and transforming the Rondout Creek and Hudson River Working Waterfront over the next 20 years.
Before we can set to work tearing down old systems and building up better ones, we first have to imagine where we want to go.
The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinances have gone from sporadic in August 2020 to the biggest peaceful civil society protest in the world.