Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
As I write this, the bodies of hundreds of people are being pulled from the water off the coast of Libya, after two boats sank, drowning women, men, and children migrating in desperation from places like Syria, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa.
At the upcoming U.N. climate conference, most of the world’s major nations will pledge to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. But serious doubts remain as to whether these promised cuts will be nearly enough to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.
If greenhouse gas emissions aren’t stopped soon, unprecedented and deadly heat waves will become the new normal in most of the world.
Canadian activists and artists call for action.
We live in what sustainability pioneer Wes Jackson calls “the most important moment in human history.”
What we eat is in constant flux, changing from decade to decade and century to century.
The global climate justice movement must inevitably confront the looming nightmare of COP21 in Paris in a few short months, and live with its outcome long after that.
In this week’s Radio Ecoshock, we cover global climate news, from the Syrian refugees to signs of an abrupt climate shift, with scientist Paul Beckwith.
Fear and fascination govern how urban types see nomads
In short, we need fossil fuels to go away, but in a measured and predictable way.
A temperature increase of less than one degree has already disrupted the global climate system, and this is only the beginning. Will the Anthropocene bring a totally new climate regime?
Resilience is a common principal of permaculture, says Dave Boehnlein, co-author of the book Practical Permaculture.
