Pop culture has long memorialized the Warner Brothers cartoon gag in which Wile E. Coyote, lured by his nemesis, the Roadrunner, races off a cliff.
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Plastic Waste Is Reshaping Flood Protection in Cities
Flood risk is typically assessed through rainfall, sea level, and storm intensity.
Flood risk is typically assessed through rainfall, sea level, and storm intensity.
On Natural Capital: The Value of the World Around Us by Partha Dasgupta – Review
This is not a polemic reliant on reductionism and grandiosity.
This is not a polemic reliant on reductionism and grandiosity.
There’s No Single Path Through Collapse. It Spans Multiple Systems and Perspectives
Modern civilization has undergone unsustainable growth, and its core tenets rest on a shaky foundation of misguided premises: infinite resources, domination of nature, hubris, the cargo cult of tech and the domination and control of people.
Modern civilization has undergone unsustainable growth, and its core tenets rest on a shaky foundation of misguided premises: infinite resources, domination of nature, hubris, the cargo cult of tech and the domination and control of people.
Without Pluralism Within the Climate Movement, We Risk Handing the Future to the Far Right
This is why, despite our differing views on climate politics, the two of us share a growing concern about the direction of the climate movement.
This is why, despite our differing views on climate politics, the two of us share a growing concern about the direction of the climate movement.
Truth, Lies, and Loyalty in the Age of Trumpism
Trump lies at a pace that’s puzzling. What conceivable purpose could this behavior serve?
Trump lies at a pace that’s puzzling. What conceivable purpose could this behavior serve?
Climate Cracks Are Spreading — and Even the System Knows It Can’t Hold
Scientists have been warning us about the growing risks of climate change, natural disasters, and potentially catastrophic events with increasing urgency since the 1960s, but we have collectively failed to convert.
Scientists have been warning us about the growing risks of climate change, natural disasters, and potentially catastrophic events with increasing urgency since the 1960s, but we have collectively failed to convert.
Cities: Canary in the Coal Mine?
Howard calculated that London was 1.570 F warmer than outlying areas2.
Howard calculated that London was 1.570 F warmer than outlying areas2.
There Is an Alternative
How come you’ve never heard of Tina? Because Tina isn’t a person, but an idea. Or perhaps more accurately, a killer of ideas. TINA is the acronym of Margaret Thatcher’s famous 1980 declaration: “There Is No Alternative.”
How come you’ve never heard of Tina? Because Tina isn’t a person, but an idea. Or perhaps more accurately, a killer of ideas. TINA is the acronym of Margaret Thatcher’s famous 1980 declaration: “There Is No Alternative.”
Sustainable Gardening in the Real World
During lockdown, I was given access to a walled garden. It was an incredible piece of generosity.
During lockdown, I was given access to a walled garden. It was an incredible piece of generosity.
Finding Life in the Flux
All stories have characters. The qualities we attach to the ones in leading roles and the fates that befall them as plots unfold tell us a great deal about what we fear and what we value.
All stories have characters. The qualities we attach to the ones in leading roles and the fates that befall them as plots unfold tell us a great deal about what we fear and what we value.
Three Visions of Green AI — And Why the Differences Matter
Sometimes Green AI refers to making AI itself less energy-intensive. Sometimes it describes deploying AI for ecological monitoring or climate forecasting.
Sometimes Green AI refers to making AI itself less energy-intensive. Sometimes it describes deploying AI for ecological monitoring or climate forecasting.
Worse Than 2008?
A potential financial crash in 2023 could be worse than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
A potential financial crash in 2023 could be worse than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
(Part 2) a Review of Scott Galloway’s ‘Notes on Being a Man’: Masculinity and the Landscape of the Soul
A man should strive to be a protector, provider, and procreator, cultivating discipline, competence, and responsibility.
A man should strive to be a protector, provider, and procreator, cultivating discipline, competence, and responsibility.
Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Excerpt
I’ve argued that the world we’ve inherited and the one we inhabit is effectively a Viking world, based on an accumulativeness born of predatory violence.
I’ve argued that the world we’ve inherited and the one we inhabit is effectively a Viking world, based on an accumulativeness born of predatory violence.
Notes on Being a Man: Review
A recent example is the work of Scott Galloway who offers direct guidance to young men navigating education, careers, relationships, and financial life.
A recent example is the work of Scott Galloway who offers direct guidance to young men navigating education, careers, relationships, and financial life.