Are Countries Legally Required to Protect Their Citizens from Climate Change?
On June 24, 2015, a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to act faster in its duty to protect its citizens against the effects of climate change.
Sophia V. Schweitzer
Does One of the World’s Most Abundant Animals Need Protection from our Appetite?
Barely longer than your thumb, weighing under an ounce and nearly translucent, delicate crustaceans known as krill are vital to ocean ecosystems around the world.
The Anthropocene Debate: Why is Such a Useful Concept Starting to Fall Apart?
The point is not that the Anthropocene should be abandoned—clearly it’s had its uses. But should it be a call-to-action for climate researchers and activists alike?
Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How.
“Agroecology applies the principles of ecology to the design and management of sustainable food systems.”
The Power of Pattern Languages
Why are most meetings, conferences and other deliberative processes so bad?
Want to Change the Future? Pay Attention to the Past.
From Mandela to MLK to McKibben, history offers lessons aplenty for climate activists
A Degrowth Response to an Ecomodernist Manifesto
From a degrowth perspective, technology is not viewed as a magical savior since many technologies actually accelerate environmental decline.
Urban Farming is Booming, But What Does it Really Yield?
City-based agriculture produces 15 to 20 percent of food globally. In the U.S., its benefits go far beyond nutrition.
Spain’s CIC Tries to Build a New Economy from the Ground Up
The Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC, pronounced “seek”) is surely one of the more audacious commons-based innovations to have emerged in the past five years.
Climate Change Mitigation’s Best-Kept Secret
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas — but there’s a lot we can do about it.
The End of Sustainability
The time has come for us to collectively reexamine — and ultimately move past — the concept of sustainability.
The emerging power of microgrids
Prepare for the arrival of the renewable energy microgrid.