How to Turn Your Backyard Into a Certified Wildlife Habitat
How to Turn Your Backyard Into a Certified Wildlife Habitat Climate change continues to alter the planet and make it less suitable for sustaining life. Animals have felt this effect more than anyone else. As people look for new locations to build safer, more weather-proof cities, wildlife species have retreated to the minimal spaces still […]
Bringing disaster preparedness into resilience politics
Bringing disaster preparedness into resilience politics Introduction Most discussion of “sustainability” for the last 30 years has been about how to ensure that what we do today is not at the expense of future generations. This is supposed to be so that future generations are safe from the damage done when current generations over-exploit the […]
Toward an age of low tech for a more resilient and sustainable society
Toward an age of low tech for a more resilient and sustainable society The various restrictions that have been imposed to tackle the COVID-19 crisis have led many of us to reflect on what might be our response to other pressing issues that we face, especially inequalities in our societies and the major ecological issues […]
The US election: perspectives from an ear of grain
The US election: perspectives from an ear of grain With an important election looming in the USA, let’s talk for a change about politics. But since this is primarily a farming blog, I thought I’d approach it obliquely from the agricultural angle of cereal breeding. It’s obvious when you think about it… Actually, before we […]
The Economic Superorganism: Excerpt
The Economic Superorganism: Excerpt For the last 200 years, increasing global energy consumption has translated to increasing global GHG emissions. While this might not be the case in the future, how do we consider the conflict between our instincts to react to immediate circumstances (i.e., consume more energy now, grow the economy now) and the […]
The fall of an empire
The fall of an empire Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios The decline of ExxonMobil has been remarkable in its magnitude and unexpectedness. Why it matters: While all major oil companies are facing troubles, Exxon has fallen the farthest, in large part because it has made the biggest bets on oil and gas — and the smallest bets on […]
No Canning Jars? No Problem! Dehydrate Instead!
No Canning Jars? No Problem! Dehydrate Instead! Since we are all experiencing a shortage of canning jars, we should all brush up on our dehydration skills, just in case all those tips to find jars still turns up nothing. Since we are all experiencing a shortage of canning jars, we should all brush up on our […]
Different types of biogas systems
Different types of biogas systems In our three part series we have examined the use of biogas to reduce emissions and drawdown carbon as a tool to address climate change. We looked at some of the factors that make biogas suitable and some of the limitations that might make biogas less than optimal for a […]
We Are Pawns In A Bigger Game Than We Realize
We Are Pawns In A Bigger Game Than We Realize Understanding the coming ‘Great Reset’ “I had grasped the significance of the silence of the dog, for one true inference invariably suggests others…. Obviously the midnight visitor was someone whom the dog knew well.” ~ Sherlock Holmes – The Adventures of Silver Blaze Is it […]
Agroecology or Collapse: Part 1 – From Emergency Responses to Systemic Transformations
Annual demonstrations in defense of women’s lives and agroecology in the territory of Borborema. Foto: Nilton Pereira/AS-PTA Agroecology or Collapse: Part 1 – From Emergency Responses to Systemic Transformations In this first of a three-part contribution to Agroecology Now, Paulo Petersen and Denis Monteiro present the current moment as a crisis in capitalism that demands systemic and […]
“We Worry About Armed Conflict”: Investors Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Post-Election Violence
“We Worry About Armed Conflict”: Investors Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Post-Election Violence Earlier we reported that amid fears of election night chaos, the White House has been put on lockdown, and that according to NBC sources, beginning tomorrow, a “non-scalable” fence will be erected to secure the WH complex, Ellipse and Lafayette Square with […]
Ransomware attacks and biodiversity: A possible lesson from nature
Ransomware attacks and biodiversity: A possible lesson from nature As I read about recent ransomware attacks on hospitals, I was reminded of a seemingly unremarkable event years ago when I was still using a computer with the Windows operating system. I was working with a medical doctor turned medical IT specialist. His preferred operating system—though […]
In the War on Climate Change, the BC Election Was a Bust
In the War on Climate Change, the BC Election Was a Bust But the Sustainabiliteens and other youth committed to radical change will never give up. Youth on strike for the climate in Vancouver, March 2019. Photo by Jackie Dives. For high school students and climate activists like us, British Columbia’s recent election wasn’t just about […]
