Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Eradicating colonization is not a matter of granting sovereignty to native populations, it is a matter of eradicating the right to exclude that comes with European sovereignty, getting rid of legitimate territorial claims altogether.
As land ownership continues to consolidate into fewer and wealthier hands, some small farmers vow to stay in place.
Eoghan Daltun joins the Mongabay Newscast to share his story and rewilding insights, which are detailed in his book, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey Into the Magic of Rewilding.
Wolves benefit the entire ecosystem they inhabit. So why hunt them?
Using an app developed by Inuit in Nunavut, Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing data to make their own decisions.
I leave this trip with a new appreciation for the complex entanglement of Nature and culture, and the ways in which the UNESCO-Man and the Biosphere programme seeks to forward efforts to adapt to a changing world.
We are running out of fuel. We need an urgent plan to contract our energy needs if we are to survive the impending crash; there will be no “clean” energy until governments come clean.
This is a short “bonus” posting about some worthwhile podcasts I have been following lately that might be appreciated by Do the Math readers.
This post has been taken down at the request of Mr. Aaron Vandiver, who has communicated to us that there are several unsubstantiated statements about him in the article. In particular, he wants it made known that he has no association with any representatives of the fossil fuel industry and has never received any money from them in relation to any of his work or publications. The co-editors at Resilience.org apologise for any distress that may have arisen from the publication of this article and have thus retracted its publication.
Seasonal greetings to all of our readers and contributors! We hope that you find the holiday season a time of rest and reflection through all of the tumultuous events of the passing year.
There will be light posting starting tomorrow, Friday 22 December, 2023, through 2nd January, 2024.
Since late last year, I’ve been writing a book series that’s meant to help lay the groundwork for a full-scale response to our ecological crises by deepening our democracy.
This is ultimately a post about values. More specifically, it presents a technique by which to get at people’s (or your own) values. Values are important, because they drive much of what we do:
