Why Biodiversity?

By Ian Pfingsten, ZNet

Ultimately, the Earth will survive after the sixth mass extinction event, but it will do so without us unless we care enough to change.

Against the Economic Grain: Addressing the Social Challenges of Sustainable Livelihoods

By Kim Kendall, Resilience.org

Living and working, having lifestyles and livelihoods that are truly regenerative and sustainable look nothing like how most of us currently live and work.

The Power Podcast: Episode 9 How to Navigate Power with Wisdom

By Richard Heinberg, Resilience

My goal isn’t to come up with new solutions to humanity’s converging crises—because until we have sufficient wisdom, we won’t recognize real solutions, even if they already exist. First wisdom, then action.

System Change: Through the Perspective of a Bottle of Moisturizer

By Erik Assadourian, Gaianism

Perhaps we’ll be forced to return to mud baths and vigorous scratching, but hopefully our innovative minds will keep our skin moist and itch-free.

The Kurdish Movement: From Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica

By Victor M. Toledo, Voices for Mother Earth

If you ask me what is the most advanced postmodern experience in the world today, that is, the one that traces a hopeful path toward a new civilization, I would undoubtedly answer: the Kurdish movement.

Review: News of the Air by Jill Stukenberg

By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this novel is its willingness to buck our society’s blind faith in technological progress and look to the tried-and-true past for solutions to the crises brought on by progress.

A possible pathway to Interdependence

By Justin Kenrick, Eva Schonveld, Bella Caledonia

We need to dive deeper, heal the hurts of colonialism and remake ourselves and our world using healthy collective decision-making processes that bring out the best in us, rather than the worst.

Long Walk to Freedom

By Añulika Iwoba, Resilience.org

I want to reject the indifference I ever felt amidst the struggles of Ukrainians, Syrians and every nation torn asunder by wars. I want to feel something.

Why Understanding Limits Is the Key to Humanity’s Future

By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org

Taoist sages proclaimed, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Don’t just respect limits; celebrate them and work in harmony with them.

Book Review: Tracing the Relational Roots of Happiness

By Joshua C. Kendall, Undark

As the authors emphasize, people like Henry Keane who can lean on supportive connections in times of stress are much better able to cope with the numerous trials that invariably confront us all during the course of our lives. In contrast, isolation can be damaging to long-term health.

Martin Luther King’s multiple lanes to multiracial democracy

By Maria J. Stephan, Waging Non-Violence

May we continue to embrace King’s powerful advice that we pursue multiple, connected lanes in order to achieve racial justice and multiracial democracy.

The Enemy’s Ring and Our Ethical Quandary

By Alice Loyd, Food is the Key

But I like a scenario in which the heroic masses reach the end of their tolerance before that happens. They—we—rebel, withdraw, dismantle, and replace the evil practices with more ethical ones while the planet is still livable.