A Sexy Future
Degrowth leads to a sexy place where we all want to live. Neoliberalism forces us all to exist in solitary confinement until we die…
building resilient societies
Karate-Do: The Official Sport of the Gaian Way
Following the way—whether karate-do or the Gaian Way—without energy will not sustain its power—whether its power to transform oneself, one’s community, or one’s culture, and especially will not sustain its power to transform humanity’s relationship with Gaia.
Living Energy Farm: A Community Free of Fossil Fuels?
During their American stopover, the crew of the Nomade des Mers went to the rolling plains of Virgina to meet the Living Energy Farm. An intentional community of a dozen people who have achieved an impressive level of energy and food autonomy thanks to low-tech!
Review: An Inconvenient Apocalypse by Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen
The goal of An Inconvenient Apocalypse isn’t to try to convince people of the reality of humankind’s environmental and societal crises. The book’s authors know that’s a fool’s errand…
What do calls for ‘abolition’ really mean?
What today’s abolitionists share is a concern with how we can care for one another, in the most expansive sense.
Time Dis-ordered
We are kept busy doing things that are harmful to ourselves and to this planet specifically to keep our attention divided enough that we do not have time to notice that we are busy doing things that are harmful to ourselves and to this planet.
Gaians as (Civilization’s) Death Doulas and Birth Midwives
But I think ultimately, I’m hoping/working toward encouraging Gaians to play an active role in serving as death doulas for our current civilization and as midwives for the next one to come.
Knowledge versus Ignorance: The Limited Scope of Human Competence
We need to be better students of the exits so that when things go wrong, as they always do and always will, we can find our way out.
Power: Chapter 6. Involuntary Power Limits: Death, Extinction, Collapse
If we are indeed in an overshoot phase, we must do what we can to avert or minimize a die-off event.
‘A flame was lit in our hearts’ — How Ukrainians are building online networks for resistance and mutual aid
After witnessing how powerful Ukrainian civilians can be in the face of adversity, people can be hopeful that what kept them together in times of war will work in times of peace.
Can Transformative Change Come to America?
Perhaps sooner than most think, major legislative action regulating greenhouse gas emissions will finally be possible. But that moment will not arrive without deep struggle, organizing, and collective persistence.
Top Economists Hail Chilean Constitution as ‘New Global Standard’ on Climate, Inequality
A group of world-renowned economists and social scientists published an open letter Wednesday hailing Chile’s draft constitution as a transformative document…
