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What did we lose when we lost the stars? — Local Futures
What did we lose when we lost the stars? — Local Futures
Reading Dante’s Divine Comedy poses any number of challenges to modern readers. This should not, I’ll quickly add, deter modern readers…
Local Futures
Feb 21
Trade treaties and the climate emergency
Trade treaties and the climate emergency
The chickens have come home to roost for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Kenney bet around $1.5 billion of public money on a very risky…
Local Futures
Feb 14
Birdsong as a Compass
Birdsong as a Compass
The booming call of the Pheasant Coucal is soft and rhythmic on a calm, springtime afternoon.
Local Futures
Feb 6
Cities and Green Orthodoxy
Cities and Green Orthodoxy
As the world has urbanized rapidly since 1950, per capita carbon footprint has declined, and so has carbon intensity in economic output…
Local Futures
Jan 27
How to fix a food system that’s not designed to feed people
How to fix a food system that’s not designed to feed people
Earlier this year, Americans learned what it looks like when a food system reliant on industrial agriculture, near monopolies and…
Local Futures
Jan 18
Progress and the modernization of Ladakh
Progress and the modernization of Ladakh
One morning during breakfast, my family started talking about new policies of the government towards “Progress” to ensure road…
Local Futures
Dec 17, 2020
How the World Bank helped re-establish colonial plantations
How the World Bank helped re-establish colonial plantations
In October 2020, a group of 79 Kenyans filed a lawsuit in a UK court against one of the world’s largest plantation companies, Camelia Plc…
Local Futures
Dec 1, 2020
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Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Imagine a world where food routinely gets shipped thousands of miles away to be processed, then shipped back to be sold right where it…
Local Futures
May 14, 2019
My Year Without Industrial Food
My Year Without Industrial Food
For the last year I grew and foraged 100% of my food. No grocery stores, no restaurants, not even a drink at a bar. Nature was my garden…
Local Futures
Jan 16, 2020
Post-pandemic development: a Ladakhi perspective
Post-pandemic development: a Ladakhi perspective
A week before the announcement of the Janata [public] Curfew slated for March 22, 2020, I spoke with a 43-year-old close relative in her…
Local Futures
Apr 23, 2020
How Circular is the Circular Economy?
How Circular is the Circular Economy?
The circular economy has become, for many governments, institutions, companies, and environmental organizations, one of the main…
Local Futures
Nov 6, 2018
Convenience, Community, and Late-Stage Capitalism
Convenience, Community, and Late-Stage Capitalism
Yesterday I went to the post office to mail a package to my daughter overseas. She’s been in the military for years, so I’m familiar with…
Local Futures
Jun 30, 2020
Variety, Survival, and the Revenge of the Luddites — Local Futures
Variety, Survival, and the Revenge of the Luddites — Local Futures
Since human creativity will have to move in new directions as the Industrial Revolution runs down, you may be wondering what kinds of…
Local Futures
Aug 7, 2019
Economics 101 and Ecological Collapse — Local Futures
Economics 101 and Ecological Collapse — Local Futures
“The collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.” — David Attenborough
Local Futures
Jun 12, 2019
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