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The Quickening

Playing at Solving the Climate Crisis while the World Burns
7 Apr 2026

Playing at Solving the Climate Crisis while the World Burns

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 0

Exploring Daybreak, a well-crafted and fun (albeit unrealistically optimistic) climate-themed board game.

Climate Change, collapse, Games, Resilience, sustainability
The Techno-optimist Dream of Abundance is as Old as Technological Change Itself
9 Feb 2026

The Techno-optimist Dream of Abundance is as Old as Technological Change Itself

by John Mulrow | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 5

John Mulrow responds to the romanticized vision of the future promoted in the book Abundance.

Climate Change, consumerism, degrowth, ecomodernism, greenwashing, sustainability, wisdom
Make America Go Away…from the Deep Ocean
26 Jan 2026

Make America Go Away…from the Deep Ocean

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

While the world works to protect the deep sea, the Trump Administration is trying to unilaterally mine it….

Activism, consumerism, deep sea, resistance, sustainability
What Are Floors Without Ceilings?
4 Jan 2026

What Are Floors Without Ceilings?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 4

Are there a complementary set of measures that could make the planetary doughnut three dimensional?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, sustainability, wisdom
Can the World Trump Trump with Economic Sanctions?
20 Nov 2025

Can the World Trump Trump with Economic Sanctions?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 2

A proposal to sanction Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and Trump Administration Officials…

Activism, Climate Change, Gaia, politics, sustainability, wisdom
Forming Coalitions to Confront Fascism
20 Oct 2025

Forming Coalitions to Confront Fascism

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening | 3

We comfortable Gaians must act now, in ways beyond our comfort zones, or accept the slow death of Gaia.

Amusing Ourselves to Death, Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, politics, sustainability
The Fire Bringers
14 Oct 2025

The Fire Bringers

by Gaian1 | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening | 3

Karen Elias explores how our mythological worship of gods has found a new home, AI and technological “progress.”

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, mythology, Technology
WWGD?
30 Sep 2025

WWGD?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 2

What Will Gaia Do? A new mantra for the tough times ahead?

Climate Change, collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, sustainability, wisdom
EpAja Vu
22 Sep 2025

EpAja Vu

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 3

EpA is at it again. But public comment is revealing that resistance is not futile.

Climate Change, collapse, politics, resistance, sustainability
Proposal for the sixth (and final) plastics negotiation session
2 Sep 2025

Proposal for the sixth (and final) plastics negotiation session

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 0

Exploring some potential ideas to facilitate future negotiations for global environmental treaties.

consumerism, plastic, politics, sustainability, wisdom
Offering Testimony on the Decline of the EpA
27 Aug 2025

Offering Testimony on the Decline of the EpA

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 4

Erik and Bart share their comments asking EpA to continue doing its job of protecting the environment.

Climate Change, Gaian Way, nature awareness, politics, sustainability
Can We Find Resilience through the Embrace of Controlled Chaos?
18 Aug 2025

Can We Find Resilience through the Embrace of Controlled Chaos?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Learning from Other Traditions, The Quickening | 0

A month living in a post-collapse nation helps reveal what the transition to a post-growth, post-consumer society might look like.

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability

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