Local Futures — Economics of Happiness

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…

The booming call of the Pheasant Coucal is soft and rhythmic on a calm, springtime afternoon.

As the world has urbanized rapidly since 1950, per capita carbon footprint has declined, and so has carbon intensity in economic output…

Earlier this year, Americans learned what it looks like when a food system reliant on industrial agriculture, near monopolies and…

One morning during breakfast, my family started talking about new policies of the government towards “Progress” to ensure road…

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…

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…

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…

The circular economy has become, for many governments, institutions, companies, and environmental organizations, one of the main…

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…

Since human creativity will have to move in new directions as the Industrial Revolution runs down, you may be wondering what kinds of…

“The collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.” — David Attenborough