Exploring a Series of Surprising Sustainability Barriers
Fake shopping apps, boomers upsizing, antivaxxer dating sites, oh my! Wading through a flurry of disturbing sustainability trends.
Is it Time for a Gaian Robot Monk?
Erik Assadourian explores whether Gaian monks would help bring us closer to or further away from true sustainability….
Kokushobi: My vote for word of the year for 2026
Exploring interesting new words and climate trends so far in 2026.
Playing at Solving the Climate Crisis while the World Burns
Exploring Daybreak, a well-crafted and fun (albeit unrealistically optimistic) climate-themed board game.
The Techno-optimist Dream of Abundance is as Old as Technological Change Itself
John Mulrow responds to the romanticized vision of the future promoted in the book Abundance.
Make America Go Away…from the Deep Ocean
While the world works to protect the deep sea, the Trump Administration is trying to unilaterally mine it….
What Are Floors Without Ceilings?
Are there a complementary set of measures that could make the planetary doughnut three dimensional?
Can the World Trump Trump with Economic Sanctions?
A proposal to sanction Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and Trump Administration Officials…
Forming Coalitions to Confront Fascism
We comfortable Gaians must act now, in ways beyond our comfort zones, or accept the slow death of Gaia.
The Fire Bringers
Karen Elias explores how our mythological worship of gods has found a new home, AI and technological “progress.”
WWGD?
What Will Gaia Do? A new mantra for the tough times ahead?
EpAja Vu
EpA is at it again. But public comment is revealing that resistance is not futile.