Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Shrishtee Bajpai The nation-state model sustains itself on the logic that nature – and colonized peoples – are things to be conquered, assimilated, dominated, and exploited. It’s time for an Earth-centered form of governance.
It is true that no high-energy society has ever halved its material throughput and existed at that level across generations. But an absent precedent for an unprecedented situation merely tells us the situation is new, not what people will do.
Water, that vital element, is an invasive presence in the documentary Displaced on the Island of Java: A Village Sinking into the Sea.
Can community potlucks provide a solution to America’s loneliness epidemic?
In a catastrophe, the most important thing is social relations. Anything that builds resilient social relations is a step towards having agency in a catastrophe.
As climate change brings more extreme floods, droughts and heatwaves, a growing number of cities are exploring a different path: adapting to water’s rhythms rather than trying to dominate them.
Remember, these industry leaders are doing what they do for money—and lots of it. They are choosing to endanger the property and lives of others for personal profit. If they mess up, they should be forced to pay a very high price.
Honestly, it was very difficult to create a climate movement in Germany. We worked for five years with hardly any attention. Then the Paris summit happened, and we exploded.
We love our fish. We love our natural resources. We love our culture. And we’re not shy about showing it. That’s what Blue Creek means to us. That’s who we are.
Marinette County could well become a model of sustainability. However, sprawling development may impede its progress as the next iteration of an economic threat to ecosystems.
Unlike previous technological revolutions, AI has the potential to reshape economies, education, science, healthcare, communication, and political decision-making.
Although rewilding is often thought of as keeping humans “away”, people must be integrated into much of the rewilding process, living alongside and allowing space for wildness.
