By Erika Spangler-Siegfried, Union of Concerned Scientists
The fight we signed up for is now the fight for what's left and the people who get left with it. That's all, really. But it's also everything. And you, my weary friend, will never stop.
By Randy Hayes, MAHB
To conclude, in most places globally there were the natives and now there are the newcomers. The current migrants into Europe are yet another such wave. No matter one’s ancestral origin, we must all learn to live a deeply natural way. It is the path to authentic hope.
By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog
We have this remarkable ability as human beings to conjure things in our imaginations, and design them, when they’re not in evidence in front of us, but we can do that.
By Samuel Miller McDonald, The Trouble
The fact is, there is no “best thing” and there are no easy little tweaks that will amount to mitigating climate change. We each have to do a lot.
By Vicki Robin, Vicki Robin blog
Let us do what we do best – write, swim, play tennis, sing, throw parties, mate, run businesses, teach, fight – for the benefit of all. Let us dedicate our actions not to assuring the best outcome but to assuring that whatever the outcome, we gave it our best.
By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, Resilience.org
Welcome to Crazy Town, where most of the inhabitants just want you to keep contributing to an economy already in overshoot, keep distracting yourself from the most important stories, and (most of all) keep your mouth shut.
By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, Resilience.org
If you recognize controversies and hypocrisies like these, then you know what it’s like to live in Crazy Town. Laugh along with Asher, Rob, and Jason (mostly so you don’t cry) as they explore the back alleys, figure out how to navigate sanely, and even find an escape route every once in awhile.
By Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Alternautas
Instead of proposing new “sustainable” or green-washed development frameworks, it seems necessary to propose new alternatives to the concept of development itself.
By Rosie Urbanovich, Red Pepper
International Women’s Day had radical roots: at the turn of the 20th century, thousands of women came together to protest dismal working conditions, long hours, and poverty pay.
By Rafa Grinfeld, Uneven Earth
We already have many climate protests now in Belgium. What we especially need now are some good debates and analyses about what direction the climate movement in Belgium (and other countries) should take.