New Future

When the dust of history finally settles on the Trump administration, it will be shown as one of the most litigated administrations in US history. Among the leaders of that litigation will be state attorneys general.

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One.

In Pakistan, thousands of protesters have fought against the Cholistan Canal Project, which would divert water from the Indus River to irrigate millions of hectares of desert for corporate farming.

In this conversation, Nate is joined by marine ecologist Malin Pinsky, whose decades of research shed light on the dramatic migrations of marine species due to rising ocean temperatures.

In its many projects, Shareable has shown just how diverse, creative, and consequential organized sharing can be. The power of bottom-up collaboration focused on specific needs is powerful. When modest infrastructures are created to empower people to contribute their talents, some amazing things happen.

Canadian author Don Gillmor is known for his insightful, often satirical commentary on Canadian culture and history. In On Oil, he examines oil’s place in modern life from a largely North American and particularly Canadian perspective.

Modernity barricades us in a bristling fortress set against the wildness outside. From this position of retreat, having disengaged from the external reality for generation upon generation, we tell spooky stories about what’s out there and shudder to think about the certain death of leaving our safe haven. ..

The Climate Majority is already here. It’s you. It’s me. It’s all of us — stepping forward with courage and care, finding joy in connection and standing up for what we believe in and what we love, together.

Let’s make Algeria a model country, where every drop of water is honored, captured, used, and shared. Let every drop become a promise of life. Let every drop count.

In this mess we are in today, with fascism on the rise, with the risk of war, with burnout and anxiety, there are many reasons for hope. If we fight to get rid of capitalism and transition to an economy that truly values life, I think we can win.

In this conversation, Nate sits down with permaculture educator Andrew Millison to discuss the Great Green Wall project, a massive ecological initiative aimed at combating desertification in the Sahel region of Africa.

If we were to understand the climate crisis as a large-scale socio-ecological crisis, we could look at different future scenarios in an open way. These could be about technological solutions as well as changes in the ways we organize our lives. However, this debate remains at the margins.

By putting this idea out there – that we can respond wisely to the polycrisis by building ecologically savvy agrarian villages – I hope to capture the imagination and fruitful energy of some of you.

If there are future geologists and archaeologists, they will easily identify strata from our fleeting era by evidence of the rapid growth of human numbers and their environmental impact, and by durable materials we have left behind—many of which will be plastics.