The squirrels are not necessarily helping us achieve some of the outcomes that we want, and yet they are helping us to achieve some of the other outcomes we want.
How a Tribal Rights Lawyer Is Winning Back the Rights of Nature
Legal systems should ensure the rights of Earth’s natural environment, which includes all the flora and fauna in any given ecosystem, and put an emphasis on protection, restoration, and stewardship of nature instead of exploitation.
Legal systems should ensure the rights of Earth’s natural environment, which includes all the flora and fauna in any given ecosystem, and put an emphasis on protection, restoration, and stewardship of nature instead of exploitation.
If You’re Driving off a Cliff, Do You Need a Faster Car?
Eliezer Yudkowsky, co-founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, thinks artificial intelligence (AI) will kill us all. He frequently poses the following question.
Eliezer Yudkowsky, co-founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, thinks artificial intelligence (AI) will kill us all. He frequently poses the following question.
In Defense of the Forest: A Group of Activists Organizes Direct Action Against Logging in California
In response to this type of operation, Humboldt County, Northern California, where HRC operates, has a decades-long tradition of activism in defense of the forest, alongside the local Indigenous peoples, and ecologies.
In response to this type of operation, Humboldt County, Northern California, where HRC operates, has a decades-long tradition of activism in defense of the forest, alongside the local Indigenous peoples, and ecologies.
Let’s Not Declare War on Climate Change
A “fight against” climate change implicitly creates a duality by framing climate change as an external entity attacking us humans.
A “fight against” climate change implicitly creates a duality by framing climate change as an external entity attacking us humans.
From San Juan to Cali to Hiroshima to Oakland to Hilo
Creation begins in the hungry darkness of chaos, the web of life begins in the sea.
Creation begins in the hungry darkness of chaos, the web of life begins in the sea.
The Status of Global Oil Production: 2023 Update
All the data in this report comes from the U.S. DOE/EIA except for Texas Permian Basin oil production data which is from the Railroad Commission of Texas.
All the data in this report comes from the U.S. DOE/EIA except for Texas Permian Basin oil production data which is from the Railroad Commission of Texas.
In the Face of Cascading Crises, What Can I Do?
On values, priorities, and making a to-do list.
On values, priorities, and making a to-do list.
What I Learned From the British Canals
The Canal Age in Britain involved three basic stages: Construction; Operation; and Collapse. Let us consider each in turn.
The Canal Age in Britain involved three basic stages: Construction; Operation; and Collapse. Let us consider each in turn.
Escape From Overshoot: Book Excerpt
Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth in the name of "progress" has stressed the planet beyond its limits. We must act now.
Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth in the name of “progress” has stressed the planet beyond its limits. We must act now.
For Epstein to Be Right, Everyone Else Has to Be Wrong
In Fossil Future, Epstein develops a conspiracy theory to explain why the experts have gotten everything wrong.
In Fossil Future, Epstein develops a conspiracy theory to explain why the experts have gotten everything wrong.
How Indigenous Land Management Practices Are a Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
“Rude Music,” Empathy, and the Case for Localism
The publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 rattled the foundations of religious belief in every corner of the book-reading world.
The publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 rattled the foundations of religious belief in every corner of the book-reading world.
The Great Regeneration: Book Excerpt
When the morning sun emerges on the horizon we can see a few minutes into the future.
When the morning sun emerges on the horizon we can see a few minutes into the future.
I Want a Better Catastrophe: Book Excerpt
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist, ambassador of lndigenous thought, and author of Braiding Sweetgrass, is one of the most celebrated naturalists in the country.
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist, ambassador of lndigenous thought, and author of Braiding Sweetgrass, is one of the most celebrated naturalists in the country.
Why We Can’t Just Do It: The Truth About Our Failure to Curb Carbon Emissions
We all know what needs to be done: reduce carbon emissions. But so far, we members of global humanity just haven’t been able to turn the tide.
We all know what needs to be done: reduce carbon emissions. But so far, we members of global humanity just haven’t been able to turn the tide.