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The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
From the publisher: Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value […]
Where now for the environment movement? Weathercocks and signposts ten years on
Tom Crompton and the Common Cause Foundation call for the environmental movement to move away from the […]
Is Vasectomy a Women’s Issue?
Smith, DedraAround the world, about 33% of married women opt for tubal ligation as their best guarantee of […]
Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet
A new report to the Club of Rome by the co-presidents Ernst von Weizsäcker and Anders Wijkman […]
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
Pause for a moment to look around and note how industrialization has changed your everyday life. The […]
The Silver Gun Hypothesis: New Model for a Sustainable Carbon Economy
Delton ChenIntroduction Many people are hoping that civilization will undergo an economic transformation for the objective of becoming […]
John D. Liu Interview: “It Is Possible to Rehabilitate Large-Scale Damaged Ecosystems.”
Italian Agronomist Riccardo Tucci (tucci@world-permaculture.org), along with World Permaculture Association Executive Director Rhamis Kent, interview film-maker and ecologist […]
EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Dobb, Edwin, Koch, PeterThe age of the sacrifice zone He could see farther into the ground than any other mining […]
Empowering Conscious Consumption
Wilburn, EricWhat are the drivers of unconscious consumption? On May 14th, an interdisciplinary group of fifteen Stanford undergraduate […]
When Winning in Court Won’t Save the Environment: Looking for a Plan “C” (Part 2)
Stronberg, JoelWouldn’t it be great if we could put questions of climate policy directly to voters? It would […]
When Winning in Court Won’t Save the Environment: Looking for a Plan “C” (Part 1)
Stronberg, JoelQ. What if a government refused to comply with a court order directing it to put into […]
Systems Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Personal Resilience
Richard Heinberg discusses how systems thinking, critical thinking, and personal resilience are central to dealing with “knowing […]
Healthy Minds, Healthy Planet
During the 2018 Stanford Hard Earth Lecture Series, Eric Wilburn discussed personal resilience, the role of mindfulness, […]
We Are All in the Clutches of the Delusion Dragon
Mielke, MichaelIt’s time to accept that we are not going to dislodge the entrenched interests holding back effective […]
The Energy-emissions Trap
Authors Martin R. Sers and Peter A. Victor explore the looming energy-emissions trap. ABSTRACT: The requirement to reduce […]
If I had Jeff Bezos’ Money
Holland, GeoffreyAt this moment in time, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, is the richest man in the world. […]
The Earth’s Atmosphere as a Global Trust
Establishing proportionate state responsibility to maintain, restore and sustain the global atmosphere Thomas Boudreau argues it is […]
Slowing Population Growth Humanely: LARCs Reduce Abortions, Poverty –and Up Savings
Harte, Mary EllenThough both population growth and consumption have been identified as the two main factors fueling most of […]
Where Are We Going? The 40 Shades of Gray
Hagens, NateThe Human Predicament In the 19th century painting shown above, Paul Gaugin takes a species level view, […]
Jaws and the Mob on Ecotopia
Paul R. Ehrlich, along with Jaws collaborator and co-author Sandra Kahn, join hosts Susan and Stephen Tchudi on […]
A Plan for the Nations –Step Three
Byron, Arnold J.Thank you MAHB. Two previous articles of mine have been published to this blogsite: A Plan for […]
What Should I Do? The response ‘reduce human population’ demands more reflection.
Prieto, Pedro“What should I do?” It is a question anyone who works in the realm of existential threats […]
David Suzuki Is Right: Neoliberal Economics Are ‘Pretend Science’
Rees, William E.How a National Post column attacking environmental activist misses the mark. This opinion piece was first published […]
Extinction vs. Collapse: Does it matter?
McDonald, Samuel MillerClimate twitter – the most fun twitter – has recently been relitigating the debate between human extinction […]
Believing in climate change, but not behaving sustainably: Evidence from a one-year longitudinal study
Are people who are highly concerned about climate change more likely to take individual-level pro-environmental behaviors than […]