We are using an excerpt from Liz Carlisle’s investigation into how indigenous, black, and immigrant farmers are building on their experiences of being disconnected and now reconnected to the land to heal both themselves and their soil.
The Energy/Food Crisis Is Far Worse Than Most Americans Realize
Whenever there’s an energy crisis, it can quickly become an everything crisis.
Whenever there’s an energy crisis, it can quickly become an everything crisis.
Stop Saying ‘Climate Emergency!’? (Until, Collectively, We Mean It?)
If we do not feel the urgency, it is not credible even to state there is an intention for immediate and radical action.
If we do not feel the urgency, it is not credible even to state there is an intention for immediate and radical action.
Colonizing the Sky: The Untold Environmental Toll of Skyscrapers (Episode 54 of Crazy Town)
We need to pay attention to embodied energy and all the features required to keep skyscrapers standing: uninterrupted supplies of electricity, reliable water treatment systems, functional waste removal, and mechanized transport.
We need to pay attention to embodied energy and all the features required to keep skyscrapers standing: uninterrupted supplies of electricity, reliable water treatment systems, functional waste removal, and mechanized transport.
The Status of U.S. Oil Production
The most effective measure to maximize price increases would be to stop all new U.S. oil development.
The most effective measure to maximize price increases would be to stop all new U.S. oil development.
The Uncertain Activist: More Thoughts on Uncertainty
The way we respond to the crisis is part of the crisis; that we see this thing we call ‘the climate’ through a window whose frame is itself the product of our toxic culture.
The way we respond to the crisis is part of the crisis; that we see this thing we call ‘the climate’ through a window whose frame is itself the product of our toxic culture.
Energy Crises in the Time of COVID: Precarious Fossil Infrastructures
Blackouts often result from the convergence of unusual weather, poor regulation and incentives that reward profit-seeking at the expense of grid maintenance or equitable rates.
Blackouts often result from the convergence of unusual weather, poor regulation and incentives that reward profit-seeking at the expense of grid maintenance or equitable rates.
Ways of Being Alive: Excerpt
Each of these life forms has its own unique perspective on this shared world, and has mastered the art of reading signs that nobody else can understand.
Each of these life forms has its own unique perspective on this shared world, and has mastered the art of reading signs that nobody else can understand.
Slavery Never Ended
Modern forms of slavery are so widely prevalent that it is highly likely that the things we consume –- from the food we eat to the clothes we wear — have once touched the hands of a forced labourer.
Modern forms of slavery are so widely prevalent that it is highly likely that the things we consume –- from the food we eat to the clothes we wear — have once touched the hands of a forced labourer.
Accessibility and Resilience: Rebuilding a Society for All Bodies and Needs
Life as a disabled person is not easy. But beyond the “inspiration porn” designed to make abled people feel better about their own suffering, there are important lessons to learn regarding both personal perseverance and community building.
Life as a disabled person is not easy. But beyond the “inspiration porn” designed to make abled people feel better about their own suffering, there are important lessons to learn regarding both personal perseverance and community building.
The Failure of Global Elites
Start by telling the truth. You’re going to get blamed anyway.
Start by telling the truth. You’re going to get blamed anyway.
The Forest, the Moon, and the Last Time
Doing something you love heightens your appreciation of the moment.
Doing something you love heightens your appreciation of the moment.
After the Ukraine Invasion: Sobering New Global Energy-Economic-Political Terrain
Major oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP, have announced that they will cease collaborating with the Russian petroleum industry, which includes state-owned energy giants Lukoil and Gazprom.
Major oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP, have announced that they will cease collaborating with the Russian petroleum industry, which includes state-owned energy giants Lukoil and Gazprom.
Into the Light
The mental and physical benefits of spending leisure time outdoors are well documented but, writes Rupert Read, we need more of it during school and ‘work’ hours too.
The mental and physical benefits of spending leisure time outdoors are well documented but, writes Rupert Read, we need more of it during school and ‘work’ hours too.
What Could Possibly Go Right? [Podcast]: Episode 70 Peter Lipman
The call to experiment more, “take more risks and be much more loving, and see where it gets us”.
The call to experiment more, “take more risks and be much more loving, and see where it gets us”.
Seeding the Future
In the early days of the pandemic, for a few months our world slowed down and almost stopped.
In the early days of the pandemic, for a few months our world slowed down and almost stopped.