Warnings about systemic risks to economies, ecosystems, critical services and security continue to mount following the (eventual) release of the UK security services’ assessment on Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and national security.
Widening the We: Meeting the Crisis of Common Sense
Aspirational consensus is the understanding of what we can expect and hope for from one another and from the government acting responsibly and effectively.
Aspirational consensus is the understanding of what we can expect and hope for from one another and from the government acting responsibly and effectively.
National Security
What would make you feel safe and secure, that could be done as a matter of national policy?
What would make you feel safe and secure, that could be done as a matter of national policy?
Why Scientists Are Still Puzzled by Consciousness
Consciousness, at its basic level, is an individual’s self-awareness, comprising both external and internal phenomena; it may constitute any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception.
Consciousness, at its basic level, is an individual’s self-awareness, comprising both external and internal phenomena; it may constitute any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception.
Restoring Water to Arid Lands: Rethinking Dams and Soil in the Mena and Global South
Water scarcity across the MENA region and the Global South is often presented as an unavoidable consequence of arid climates.
Water scarcity across the MENA region and the Global South is often presented as an unavoidable consequence of arid climates.
Anthropause: Excerpt
A year before Daly’s book was published, the Austrian philosopher André Gorz coined the term décroissance, referring to the degrowth of material production.
A year before Daly’s book was published, the Austrian philosopher André Gorz coined the term décroissance, referring to the degrowth of material production.
The Radish Rebellion
We feel helpless. We feel like pawns on a chessboard moved by giants.
We feel helpless. We feel like pawns on a chessboard moved by giants.
On Collapse and the Need for a Non-Bureaucratic Temporality
When we read the latest news of disasters, disease, extreme weather, changes to our planet and scientists’ warnings, it is natural to feel unease, even fear.
When we read the latest news of disasters, disease, extreme weather, changes to our planet and scientists’ warnings, it is natural to feel unease, even fear.
Notes From an Old Farmer: Revitalizing Our Rural Communities
Remote rural areas have become retirement destinations and bedroom communities for employers in the few nearby towns that have managed to survive.
Remote rural areas have become retirement destinations and bedroom communities for employers in the few nearby towns that have managed to survive.
A Primer for Paradigm Shift
Paradigm shift is not a future utopia. It is part of every day life for a growing number of people. The more the better.
Paradigm shift is not a future utopia. It is part of every day life for a growing number of people. The more the better.
When Infrastructure Falls Apart, Living Systems Take Over
Across a network of ecovillages, we did not set out to ‘build resilience’.
Across a network of ecovillages, we did not set out to ‘build resilience’.
Redesigning Utopia: Why Free Money for Everyone Would Not Solve the Polycrisis
A basic income system, if not carefully designed, could worsen global inequalities by increasing demand for goods produced with low wages and poor environmental practices in the Global South.
A basic income system, if not carefully designed, could worsen global inequalities by increasing demand for goods produced with low wages and poor environmental practices in the Global South.
How Can Scientists Resist the Climate Status Quo? A Conversation Between Fernando Racimo and Frederik Appel Olsen
Should scientists and academics strive to be “neutral” deliverers of facts about rising greenhouse gasses, glaciers melting, and the collapse of biodiversity.
Should scientists and academics strive to be “neutral” deliverers of facts about rising greenhouse gasses, glaciers melting, and the collapse of biodiversity.
The Slow Forces Behind This Year’s Fast Crises
Catastrophic, once-in-a-generation events seem like a daily occurrence now, as numerous species and lifeforms have disappeared from the face of the earth—with humans poised to be next?
Catastrophic, once-in-a-generation events seem like a daily occurrence now, as numerous species and lifeforms have disappeared from the face of the earth—with humans poised to be next?
It’s Ecological Breakdown That Should Put Us on a War-Footing: Official
It is a terrible but, it would seem, deliberate irony that just as all the world’s attention was on bellicose threats from Trump, an official report has been sneaked out that demonstrates that even larger risks are posed: by ecosystem collapse.
It is a terrible but, it would seem, deliberate irony that just as all the world’s attention was on bellicose threats from Trump, an official report has been sneaked out that demonstrates that even larger risks are posed: by ecosystem collapse.
The Empire Crumbles: Part I—the Big Picture
Trump’s brief, belligerent message underscores a stark reality: one man is causing an acceleration of civilizational collapse.
Trump’s brief, belligerent message underscores a stark reality: one man is causing an acceleration of civilizational collapse.