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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.