Amusing Ourselves (Literally) To Death
Between COVID and our devices, we’ve been lulled into a deadly sleep.
Considering human-caused climate change is “unequivocal,” shouldn’t climate denial be illegal?
There is no doubt left that humans are causing climate change. So why can people continue to sow doubt for profit?
To Boldly Go… Where Few Have Imagined
Why is the imagined future so dominated by wizards rather than prophets?
Can We Still Chart a New Course?
A reflection on the recent update to the Limits to Growth and what it means for our future.
How Do You Persuade Your Neighbor That His Chimney Is Too Straight?
Lessons from ancient China for negotiating the climate crisis.
Should we all just ‘lie flat?’
Perhaps the best way to respond to our frenetic consumer dance toward ecocide is to simply opt out?
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him?
A holistic investigation of the Suez Canal mishap.
Are Environmentalists No Wiser than Monkeys Reaching for the Moon?
Grasping at green energy illusions will not bring about a sustainable future.
Radium Girls…and Lithium Boys?
A thread of toxic dental floss weaves radium poisoning, Teflon, the Green New Deal, defense contractors, and a scifi novel together into a tapestry of two futures.
2021: The Year of the Post-COVID Consumer Orgy?
Or will it be the year of bold and beautiful climate action?
America’s Democracy in an Era of Collapse
An election reflection from a Gaian perspective.
Living with Collapse
Coming to terms with the reality that collapse is a condition of the present, not just the future.