What Is An Emergency?
We’re going to need quick wits, courage, incredibly hard work, and some real luck to put out this moronic inferno—but that’s the job of being a citizen in 2025.
Bill McKibben
Ishmael: Chapter 6
Just as gravity keeps the Earth, solar system, and galaxy together/organized, so too does the Law of Life keep the community of life together.
The Un-insurability Crisis Is Upon Us – 3 Possible Scenarios for What’s Next
Insurers should, through their disclosure and lobbying power, play a key role in achieving a safer and more resilient world. Through disclosure, they can share their vast knowledge about the financial risks of a climate changed world. Through lobbying, they can advocate for a suite of laws and policies that make the world more insurable in the face of the ever-mounting risks.
Urban Legend: The Harebrained Myth of Urban Sustainability and Why You Should Bet on the Country Tortoise
So yeah, let us rewild half (or I’d say almost all) the Earth, with people integrated into ecologically functional landscapes. There is much to be anxious about in the future, but I hope the prospect of people becoming Indigenous to a place again motivates us to work on this more gracious possibility.
Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields – new research
We have a golden opportunity for finding multiple functions for land: generating clean energy while restoring biodiversity at the same time.
Tapping Into the Sweetness of Spring
Spring is making its way here in Mni Sota Makoce (the Land of Cloudy Waters), and Waziya (Old Man Winter) is finally heading north. It is during this transitional time we can gather the sweet sap that the maples so willingly give up.
Understanding Trump’s tariffs
I’ve been digesting tariff chat for the past few days, like everyone is, and trying to make sense of the political economy of it. ‘Make sense’ as in trying to piece together the MAGA mindset and then think it through, beyond the economics of it.
Living the Change: How TGS Viewers are Transforming Their Lives and Communities
A few months ago, we invited viewers to share the projects, initiatives, and lifestyle changes they’ve embraced after becoming aware of the global challenges facing humanity. In this special compilation episode, we’re featuring just a few of the many inspiring videos that were submitted.
While we say hands off, we also need hands on to address our planetary crisis
We must both defend existing political institutions, saying hands off, and put our hands on the wheel to build new institutions that truly address the planetary crisis.
The End of Big Solutions
The end of Big Solutions is perhaps the end of an illusion. But it is hardly the end of our opportunities to make a difference.
Guide to Becoming an Environmental Leader and Inspiring the Next Generation of Eco-Defenders
Since you know your community best, you are in the best position to become a local environmental leader.
The Best Response to Tariff Wars? Declare Economic Independence
A realistic action goal for a community trying to survive tariffs is this: How can we move our economy more quickly toward the 90% self-reliance that’s economic, practical, and already happening?
