"The lumbung interlokal and other forms of shaking the land."

"Throwing soup on a painting may be a sub-optimal way of drawing attention to the climate crisis. But it’s an act of desperation from a generation being robbed of their future, and we should talk about the crisis instead of mocking the _...Read More_

“I often feel like I’m making a real-life version of [the movie] Don’t Look Up,” comments Rich Felgate, a young filmmaker who has captured on camera many of the actions of Just Stop Oil, an environmental activist group based in the UK. _...Read More_

"Advanced technologies like A.I. are enabling scientists to learn that the world is full of intelligent creatures with sophisticated languages, like honeybees. What might they tell us?"

"The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change and other pressing planetary _...Read More_

>"A growing body of research suggests human behavior on social media is strikingly similar to collective behavior in nature."

"Flags can be useful as tools of anti-colonial resistance, but we must leave them behind if we are going to build a new concept of community that extends past species and sovereignty and nation."

"100% of 8 year olds are not even teenagers... and it's not called teen angst at that point. Should be a wonderful time in a kid's life. We who are adults have messed up big time and are too busy pointing the finger to see that. The _...Read More_

"Embracing electric cars and the batteries that power them inflates the need for mining. Is this an environmental paradox? Or are there more important questions to ask?"

"The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change and other pressing planetary _...Read More_

"Eric Voegelin and Hans Kelsen fled the Nazis. In the US, they clashed over the nature of modernity and government"

"Focusing too much on personal behavior or consumption choices is a strategic blunder for those who want to make the world better."

“Rachel Aviv’s unflinching and personal new book, Strangers to Ourselves, rejects pat answers in favor of penetrating questions.”