RESILIENCE

JUNE 5. 2025

Analysis: UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record

The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as the country enjoyed its sunniest spring on record.

City Limits in the Hoosier State

In Monroe County, a decision against expanding Bloomington would be a costly disappointment for growth advocates. However, it would align the city with the aspirations laid out in its comprehensive plan, toward a steady-state future.

Tiny Terrors: Microplastics’ Threat to Our Health and Environment

Plastic is everywhere, and its presence in our lives has grown in the last few decades, as the oil and gas industry ramped up its production to unprecedented levels. The resulting plastic pollution crisis has now entered a new phase in the form of microplastics.

The Anomaly of the 2023 Heat Anomaly

The methods we use, and the words that come with them, seem to be widening the distance between us. What we call the climate is really the earth, and measurement doesn’t always equal understanding.

Creating a politics of the future

My suggestion here is that a politics of the future that might make a difference would be about reimagining our relationships, with each other and with nature.

Samoa implements new plan to sustainably manage its ocean by 2030

To help protect its future, the Samoan government announced June 3 that it has enacted a law establishing a marine spatial plan to sustainably manage 100% of its ocean by 2030.

JUNE 4. 2025

One way to stop a prison? Return the land to Indigenous stewards

With the acquisition of 68 acres of private land, the ARP aims to heal the land and the local community—in part by stopping the prison from ever getting built.

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish

Mountain top removal coal mines in the historic Crowsnest Pass present a clear and present danger to downstream fish populations even decades after their closure, according to a new scientific paper funded by the government of Alberta.

Slow Fiber: Shaping a Conscious Relationship with Fashion

Instead of the current destructive notion of beauty, we would like to usher in an ideal of beauty that is regenerative for the environment and assures well-being, happiness, security and social cohesion for people.

The Story of B

The Story of B is the second in a series of three books associated with the wise gorilla, Ishmael, and his teachings. Some report “B” as a more powerful book than the first . For me, they sort-of run together, and I have trouble remembering which book focused on which point.

Crazy Town: Episode 105. Who Can Fix the Housing Crisis – NYT Pundits, German Shepherds, or Bilbo Baggins?

Jason, Rob, and Asher are taking out a huge, unaffordable mortgage on the housing crisis. What’s behind the shortage in housing? Why is it that no one, except canine Tik Tok influencers with billion-dollar bank accounts, can afford to own a home? ?

JUNE 3. 2025

Creatively Disrupting Capitalism

So why not disrupt capitalism? Creatively. By which I mean replace the consumption model with a maker model. Or rather, models, because one size doesn’t really fit all and the monoculture of capitalism needs replacing with a diverse array of making things.

Letter From The Farm | Growing Food, Family, And Community

Growing food for people while growing a little human in parallel – in my context of no family support – hasn’t been attainable so far. But it’s a luminous objective.

Armenia: A Small Nation With a Huge Biodiversity Story

While far from a model of environmental stewardship, Armenia’s journey to becoming host of one of the most significant gatherings of the many COPs offers timely lessons on the delicate dance between politics, development, and nature.