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The Survivors Will Be Bioregional
The Survivors Will Be Bioregional I want to talk to all of you today about the humans that survived the current planetary predicament. How did they organize their lives? What was the key to their success? It is no secret that we are in the midst of a severe period of ecological collapse. The exploding human population lay […]
Is Earth’s climate about to pass the tipping point?
Is Earth’s climate about to pass the tipping point? Ed. note: This article first appeared in Spanish here. This is an interview with an expert (Ferran Puig Vilar) and award-winning author of a climate blog on tipping points. Photo credit: Ferran Puig Vilar. CEDIDA POR EL ENTREVISTADO The straw that breaks the camel’s back. The last time the […]
Why the public sector needs more dynamic procurement
Why the public sector needs more dynamic procurement There is a huge amount of pressure on farmers to farm more sustainably, but very little focus on how the market can support them in making the necessary changes to realise this ambition. ‘Dynamic procurement’ is a strategy to adjust procurement practices to better reflect and support […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI Knossos, Crete (1993) Photo by author Yet another in an increasing collection of comments I have posted to the online media site The Tyee. This time it is a commentary on an article that reviews a book arguing in favour of the implementation of Universal Basic Income. * * * “No […]
Where Does Vancouver’s Urban Forest Need to Grow Next?
Where Does Vancouver’s Urban Forest Need to Grow Next? The city strategy faces a tricky challenge: inspiring the growth of trees on private land. Most of the tree loss in Vancouver’s urban forest has been caused by the removal of trees on private lands. Some say more can be done. Photo by Kaitlyn Fung. Over the […]
Climate Wars: IEA Warns Governments To Stockpile Battery Metals
Climate Wars: IEA Warns Governments To Stockpile Battery Metals China’s dominance in green energy technologies are rare earth metal production is very concerning to the International Energy Agency (IEA), who posted a stark warning Wednesday advising western governments to stockpile critical battery metals such as cobalt and lithium. IEA’s warning comes as the next chapter in US-China […]
Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales
Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales Advertisement from the mid-20th century I have often used this expression (the title) to describe many things people tend to think of as solutions for one thing or another that either are not solutions or are unrealistic at best in terms of actually solving something. For anyone just joining these […]
What Would a Deep Green New Deal Look Like?
What Would a Deep Green New Deal Look Like? Wind turbines in the Columbia Gorge. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The Green New Deal has attracted perhaps the greatest attention of any proposal for decades. It would guarantee Medicare-for-All, Housing-for-All, student loan forgiveness and propose the largest economic growth in human history to address unemployment and […]
A Hunger Strike Against Big Oil
A Hunger Strike Against Big Oil Ann Wright reports on Diane Wilson’s stand against channel dredging in mercury-laden Matagorda Bay, Texas. Diane Wilson in mid April. (Diane Wilson) Texas shrimper, fisherwoman, author and internationally known environmentalist Diane Wilson on Monday was on Day 27 of her hunger strike to gain national solidarity and publicity to pressure the U.S. Army Corps […]
Our rapid ascent in energy and resource use has distorted our view of “normal”
Our rapid ascent in energy and resource use has distorted our view of “normal” The new reality warns we are on a collision course with Earth’s finite limits —– Tom Murphy “The delirious ascent in energy and resource use witnessed over the past few centuries has been accomplished via the rapid, accelerating expenditure of a one-time […]
The single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth…
The single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth… …is a vegan diet. Well, at least it is according to Joseph Poore. But I have an alternative suggestion. The single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth is to stop thinking there’s a single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet […]
New Booklet on False Solutions to Climate Change
New Booklet on False Solutions to Climate Change Starting last summer, people from several organizations have been working to update a booklet on false solutions to climate change (I was involved with this effort for awhile and wrote the first draft of a couple of the sections). Now Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Resisting False Solutions to […]
The anti-colonial politics of degrowth
The anti-colonial politics of degrowth As degrowth ideas speed their way into social movements and academic research, they have encountered some interesting critiques. In a recent contribution to this Virtual Forum, Huber (2021) dismissed degrowth as a preoccupation of middle-class environmentalists in the global North who feel “anxiety” about excess consumption. Such a movement, he argues, can […]
Old-Growth Forest Logging Approvals Are Soaring in BC
Old-Growth Forest Logging Approvals Are Soaring in BC Companies are rushing to get permits before protection comes for critical areas, advocates say. In the year since the government received a report recommending increased old-growth protection, approvals jumped 43 per cent. Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance. New mapping released today by the Wilderness Committee indicates […]
Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries?
Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries? GETTY IMAGESThe world will have to work out what to do with millions of disused car batteries “The rate at which we’re growing the industry is absolutely scary,” says Paul Anderson from University of Birmingham. He’s talking about the market for electric cars in Europe. […]
