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‘Ideas For Going Forward’: A manifesto for a world in crisis

8th April 2016

“Some Possible Ideas For Going Forward” is a manifesto for global change, signed by leading activists, academics and intellectuals, including Noam Chomsky, to “help inspire more conversations within groups and movements that, over time, come to a synthesis… We believe only program that is fully understood and owned by grassroots participants can win lasting change.”…

Frida Kahlo

Culture/Cognition

Atulya Bingham: Where did environmentalism go wrong?

29th March 2016

Atulya Bingham, author of ‘Mudball’, writes: With an unwavering fascination in the end of the world, environmentalism has attempted to scare humanity into acting, and we are now seeing just how spectacularly these scare tactics have failed. Not that the scare isn’t based on solid foundations, it’s more that apparently, scared people are not particularly effective at mobilising….

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Richard Heinberg: 100% renewable energy is possible, here’s how

19th March 2016

Since the renewable energy revolution will require trading fossil fuels for alternative ones (mostly wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass), there will be some hefty challenges along the way. Therefore, it makes sense to start with the low-hanging fruit and with a plan in place, then revise our plan frequently as we gain practical experience. …

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Can environmentalism learn from religion?

18th March 2016

Kurt Cobb writes: While it might seem tempting to downplay the nexus between religion and environmentalism in order to bolster environmentalism’s scientific underpinnings, I think this would be a serious mistake. The effectiveness of religious rhetoric suggests that environmentalists ought not to discard it, but rather figure out how to harness it even more effectively….

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The Revolution is Love: A missive from Charles Eisenstein

14th March 2016

This is why so many seasoned activists succumb to despair after decades of struggle. Do you think we can beat the military-industrial-financial-agricultural-pharmaceutical-NGO-educational-political complex at its own game? But the modern environmental movement, and most especially the climate change movement, has attempted just that, risking defeat but also often worsening the situation even in its victories….

Peter Wohlleben says, “When I say, ‘Trees suckle their children,’ everyone knows immediately what I mean.”

Gordon Welters

Bookshelf

German forest ranger finds that trees have social networks, too

5th February 2016

Peter Wohlleben has delighted readers with the news — long known to biologists — that trees are social beings. They can count, learn and remember; nurse sick neighbors; warn each other of danger; and, for reasons unknown, keep ancient stumps of their long-felled companions alive for centuries by feeding them a sugar solution through their roots….

At the duck pond on the campsite – even better than YouTube!

Venetia Ansell

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Ideas, inspiration and ducks: Letter from an Ecologise Camp participant

3rd February 2016

The camp is a great opportunity to meet people who are trying to make the transition from urban to rural or at least high impact to low impact lifestyles, to find inspiration, role models, ideas and perhaps answers to those questions and challenges that well meaning conventional thinking relatives and friends keep hurling at you….

Letslunch.com

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Something extraordinary is happening, and most of us haven’t noticed

1st January 2016

Gustavo Tanaka writes: A few months ago, I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. I now see the world from a different perspective: the one that everything is going through change and that most of us are unaware of that. Here are 8 reasons why I believe this….

Development/Growth

Towards A Unitive Life: An Interview with Shyam Balakrishnan

5th November 2015

One World University Shyam Balakrishnan is the coordinator of One-World University, a collective dedicated to the study of dialectics and geopolitics. He lives at an organic farm in Wayanad, Kerala, which is also envisioned as one of the campuses of One-World University. On May 20, 2014, Balakrishnan was arrested by the state police on charges of being…

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Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change – Selected Excerpts

20th June 2015

The Encyclical by Pope Francis is being hailed by environmentalists as the second coming. It’s hardly that, in my view. Nonetheless, I was struck within minutes of starting it, by the incisive and accurate commentary it offers on our true predicament. Here are some passages that resonated with me and that I found highly insightful. Manu…

inspiration & musings

‘Ideas For Going Forward’: A manifesto for a world in crisis

Atulya Bingham: Where did environmentalism go wrong?

Richard Heinberg: 100% renewable energy is possible, here’s how

Can environmentalism learn from religion?

The Revolution is Love: A missive from Charles Eisenstein

German forest ranger finds that trees have social networks, too

Ideas, inspiration and ducks: Letter from an Ecologise Camp participant

Top 10 stories on the emerging global ‘Sharing Economy’

Something extraordinary is happening, and most of us haven’t noticed

Towards A Unitive Life: An Interview with Shyam Balakrishnan

Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change – Selected Excerpts