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Deep Time: Welcome to Earth
Deep Time: Welcome to Earth
A birds-eye view of where we are and where we’re headed
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Oct 14, 2020
Peak Oil and Other Fossil Carbons
Peak Oil and Other Fossil Carbons
Fossil energy fuels a massive, extravagant, globalized society — but it won’t be around for much longer.
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Nov 3, 2020
The Scale of the Anthropocene
The Scale of the Anthropocene
We live in the era of man. Look upon our works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Nov 6, 2020
Economic Growth: Addiction and its Alternatives
Economic Growth: Addiction and its Alternatives
Economic growth is not optional; under capitalism, it’s required. How is growth embedded in our lives, and how might we change focus?
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Nov 17, 2020
Money vs. Energy: The True Cost
Money vs. Energy: The True Cost
What makes the economy go? Standard economic theory doesn’t know this, but the true driver of the world market is energy.
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Oct 28, 2020
EROI: Energy Return On Investment
EROI: Energy Return On Investment
What makes some energy sources work, while others don’t? To answer this question, let’s look at EROI.
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Nov 2, 2020
Renewable Energy and “Renewable” Technology
Renewable Energy and “Renewable” Technology
Technology that harnesses renewable energy is great; but there’s more to the story than just that.
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Nov 5, 2020
Latest Articles
Decolonization
Decolonization
The process by which we right the genocidal wrongs of the past.
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Nov 23, 2020
Food Sovereignty and Relocalization
Food Sovereignty and Relocalization
How can we reclaim control, of the food system in times of turmoil? Food sovereignty provides hope, and relocalization provides the means.
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Nov 20, 2020
Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is key to ecological restoration and creating a just food system.
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Nov 19, 2020
Community Governance and Economies
Community Governance and Economies
Present centralized states are unsustainable in the long term. Looking ahead, community governance offers a promising alternative.
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Nov 18, 2020
Learning to Live (and Living to Learn)
Learning to Live (and Living to Learn)
How we can mend the deficits of modern education and help those around us to do the same?
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Nov 16, 2020
Political and Economic Institutions of Injustice
Political and Economic Institutions of Injustice
Industrial society is killing the planet it depends on for survival; but in the process, it harms humans, too.
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Nov 13, 2020
The Human Superorganism
The Human Superorganism
Out of large, organized, and inter-reliant human society, there emerges a simple and predictable being: the superorganism.
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Nov 12, 2020
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