MAHB Newsletter for May 2024

• A letter from Paul Ehrlich and Joan Diamond
• Watch the short, tongue-in-cheek Earth Day video What has nature ever done for us?
• Visit the Borrego Institute for Living Design (BILD), where humans are rehabilitated for reintroduction to the wild.
• Carl Wahren obituary and video.
• Behind Project 2025: A radical plan and drill baby, drill.
• Scientists poll: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating;
• 380 top climate scientists were interviewed about the future: they are terrified but determined to keep fighting

Resources highlighted this month include:

• Navigating the polycrisis—governing for transformation: The 2024 agenda for the systems community (paper available).
• A new study finds no differences between introduced and native megaherbivores on plant abundance and biodiversity.
• New study:  Florida Wildlife Corridor will spearhead climate resilience if allowed.
• Why cheap renewables are stalling.
• Nanoplastics: concerns about particles too small to see (article and video).

Arts section:

A reminder that the What’s Next For Earth art call Review, Assessment, and Action! is open until June 15, 2024. What’s Next for Earth’s art calls follow the Think Resilience free online course by Post Carbon Institute.

Don’t forget to check out the latest MAHB announcements here.