Page 9 – resilience

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south

Laurie Menviel, Gabriel Pontes, The Conversation

December 12, 2024

The Greenland ice sheet will continue melting over the coming century, possibly raising global sea level by about 10 cm. If this additional meltwater is included in climate projections, the overturning circulation will weaken faster. It could be 30% weaker by 2040.

Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates

Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org

December 12, 2024

In this article, we’ll see why cascading disruptions of environmental and political systems are entangled and mutually reinforcing. We’ll also try to identify the next stages of global collapse, and explore the options for individuals and communities seeking to survive and to prevent as much harm and suffering as possible.

Excerpt: Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World by Elizabeth Sawin

Elizabeth Sawin, Resilience.org

December 12, 2024

We defined multisolving as using one investment of time, money, or energy to address multiple problems. Once you start looking, examples of multisolving are easy to find.

Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration

Sonali Kolhatkar, Resilience.org

December 11, 2024

The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more than immigrants need the U.S.

Climate policy is on a collision course with physical reality

David Spratt, Climate Code Red

December 11, 2024

There is a chasm in outlook between the global climate policy-making elite with their focus on distant goals, market solutions and non-disruptive change, and activists and key researchers who see the world hurtling towards climate breakdown and social collapse.

Meet the peach that traveled the Trail of Tears and the elders working to save it

Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist

December 11, 2024

The Indian peach is threatened by climate change. Where hurricanes, flooding, and higher temperatures have massive impacts on crops, including peaches, around the nation, heirloom varieties, like the Indian peach, are also threatened.

The Biggest Takeaways from the Logic of the Superorganism

Nate Hagens, The Great Simplification

December 11, 2024

In this Frankly, Nate revisits some key messages from this channel and delves into some of the more challenging takeaways.

Weather Predicting

Eliza Daley, By my solitary hearth

December 11, 2024

The intrusion of AI into weather prognostication is a fairly accurate measure of just how stupid our supposed created intelligence is. I know you’ve seen the results.

Shortcut Brains

Tom Murphy, Do the Math

December 11, 2024

Brains. What are they good for? Why do we—and loads of other animals—have them? What is the point of evolving increased neural complexity?

Ray Kurzweil, Evangelist of Techno-Immortality

Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

December 10, 2024

As John Gray has written, utopian visions, whether fascism, communism, globalism or the Singularity, invariably promise “dreams of collective deliverance.” But in waking life, they “are found to be nightmares.”

‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way’: How a Young Virginian Kept the Farm in the Family

Brooks Lamb, Barn Raiser

December 10, 2024

For those like Watson who hold the land and its meaning dear—and who would benefit from an influx of cash without having to sell off acreage, livestock or equipment—agricultural conservation easements can be an effective strategy. As with other farms throughout the country, this tool enabled Long Acre to survive.

Some thoughts on Richard Heinberg’s ”Envisioning a Livable Future”

Ted Trainer, Resilience.org

December 10, 2024

Few in recent years have made a more significant contribution to our ecological salvation than Richard, and in my dogmatic opinion his most recent essay is stating many of the lessons we need to learn fast if we are going to get through to a satisfactory world.

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Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south

Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates

Excerpt: Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World by Elizabeth Sawin

Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration

Climate policy is on a collision course with physical reality

Meet the peach that traveled the Trail of Tears and the elders working to save it

The Biggest Takeaways from the Logic of the Superorganism

Weather Predicting

Shortcut Brains

Ray Kurzweil, Evangelist of Techno-Immortality

‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way’: How a Young Virginian Kept the Farm in the Family

Some thoughts on Richard Heinberg’s ”Envisioning a Livable Future”