We live in a world that is on track for a global temperature rise of 3.2 degrees celsius, at least. We know that rich countries bear the biggest responsibility
Misplaced Positivity on Climate Is Harmful. Preparing for Breakdown Could Help.
People living urban consumer lifestyles notice the climate breakdown when it immerses us in its new extremes.
People living urban consumer lifestyles notice the climate breakdown when it immerses us in its new extremes.
Buying and Dying: How Online Shopping Grew From a Small Weed Deal Into a Global Environmental and Societal Disaster (Episode 62 of Crazy Town)
Talk about cascading consequences: when a few nerds wanted to get high and orchestrated a small exchange of cannabis, they kicked off the age of ecommerce.
Talk about cascading consequences: when a few nerds wanted to get high and orchestrated a small exchange of cannabis, they kicked off the age of ecommerce.
Will Civilization Collapse Because It’s Running Out of Oil?
Will civilization collapse because it’s running out of oil? That question was debated hotly almost 20 years ago; today, not so much.
Will civilization collapse because it’s running out of oil? That question was debated hotly almost 20 years ago; today, not so much.
The “We’ll-Just-Adapt-to-Climate-Change” Team Takes Drubbing
Climate change deniers have had to adjust their story in recent years as the effects of climate change have become more and more apparent to people where they live all around the world.
Climate change deniers have had to adjust their story in recent years as the effects of climate change have become more and more apparent to people where they live all around the world.
Seed to Wealth
It is an innovative strategy to arm the rural people, especially smallholder farmers, with skills that Will enhance their purchasing power by discouraging them from heavily relying on forestry for survival.
It is an innovative strategy to arm the rural people, especially smallholder farmers, with skills that Will enhance their purchasing power by discouraging them from heavily relying on forestry for survival.
Deadly Optimism, Useful Pessimism
Humanity is hurtling into an era of ecosystem breakdown and social collapse. Most people will understandably respond with horror, gloom, and hostility.
Humanity is hurtling into an era of ecosystem breakdown and social collapse. Most people will understandably respond with horror, gloom, and hostility.
Mini-Forest Revolution: Excerpt
In a bid to protect wildlife and shelter people from extreme heat, the city proposed to plant 170,000 additional trees, expand wetland area, remove 100 ha of concrete and asphalt, and open 30 additional ha of vegetation to the public.
In a bid to protect wildlife and shelter people from extreme heat, the city proposed to plant 170,000 additional trees, expand wetland area, remove 100 ha of concrete and asphalt, and open 30 additional ha of vegetation to the public.
A Local Food Renaissance in Wales
For Welsh food, this is the sine qua non of not only rediscovering and developing old food traditions, but also of securing the fragile rural economy.
For Welsh food, this is the sine qua non of not only rediscovering and developing old food traditions, but also of securing the fragile rural economy.
Is It Really the 1970s Again?
It has been said that history repeats itself. This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes. -Theodor Reik
It has been said that history repeats itself. This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes. -Theodor Reik
Take Heart: Encouragement for Earth’s Weary Lovers — Excerpt
The times call for new sacrificial rituals. Let us kill the fatted calf of the fossil-fuel industries by taking away their social license to steal and destroy the sacred Earth.
The times call for new sacrificial rituals. Let us kill the fatted calf of the fossil-fuel industries by taking away their social license to steal and destroy the sacred Earth.
Chillin’ and Killin’: How Air Conditioning Has Altered Human Behavior and the Environment (Episode 60 of Crazy Town)
People always attribute summer blockbuster to “Jaws” and Steven Spielberg but it’s probably really Carrier and Midgley that make that possible.
People always attribute summer blockbuster to “Jaws” and Steven Spielberg but it’s probably really Carrier and Midgley that make that possible.
Birds, Beasts, and Bedlam: Excerpt
This is the story of my own life journey from breeding endangered breeds of domestic farm livestock at its beginning to restoring a broad array of the most marvellous native creatures back into habitats they have lost at its end.
This is the story of my own life journey from breeding endangered breeds of domestic farm livestock at its beginning to restoring a broad array of the most marvellous native creatures back into habitats they have lost at its end.
Throwing Superman Through a Cigarette Truck: The Insidious Manipulation of Advertising (Episode 59 of Crazy Town)
These are some of the less insidious advertising techniques deployed to manipulate you into buying stuff you never knew you needed.
These are some of the less insidious advertising techniques deployed to manipulate you into buying stuff you never knew you needed.
The Other Reason for Putin’s Rush to War: Russian Oil Dependency
Why would a calculating politician like Putin put his lucrative oil and gas trade with Europe at risk by resorting to war?
Why would a calculating politician like Putin put his lucrative oil and gas trade with Europe at risk by resorting to war?
Why the UN Must Rely More on Indigenous Wisdom and Less on Fossil Fuels
The value of indigenous wisdom lies in its diversity, as indigenous cultures have emerged from, and are often uniquely suited to, their respective bio-regions.
The value of indigenous wisdom lies in its diversity, as indigenous cultures have emerged from, and are often uniquely suited to, their respective bio-regions.