Facing Breakdown
The following report was published on Feb 12/2019 by the Institute for Public Policy Research. The conclusions are as clear as they are alarming. No one associated with policy or […]
Tag Archives: ecognosis
Grief and Love at The End of the World
Shifting from this current power structure into the right way of living with the planet would absolutely be revolutionary and radical. It would mean everything has to change, literally. How […]
The Tragedy of the Commons
The Tragedy of the Commons Garrett Hardin The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality. The author is professor of biology, University of California, […]
Accelerating increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – On the way to 10°C?
Devastating new research released today indicating we may already be heading for 10°C increase in temperature above pre-industrial levels. This would entail a complete breakdown of the biosphere and the […]
Praxis for Lost Worlds?
The following excerpts are taken from Woodbine’s NOMOS OF THE EARTH (2014), and offers most of what we deem essential to the spirit of a post-nihilist praxis for deeply adapting and politicking in the […]
Introducing Ecobehavioral Design
Introducing Ecobehavioral Design by Mark James, PhD(c) Behavior change can be bewilderingly difficult to achieve, and just trying can quickly become the work of the weary. However, I submit, much […]
Deep Adaptation Primer
This is post functions as a constantly evolving primer for most things related to Deep Adaptation – an intellectual and pragmatic framework proposed by Dr. Jem Bendell in his July 2018 paper, […]
The Prescient Pessimism of Octavia Butler
// republished from LOST FUTURES // In the 2020s and ‘30s, fire ravages California towns. Migrant caravans make their way on foot towards the closed border of Oregon. A new […]
Capitalism, climate change, and the death of worlds
Capitalism, climate change, and the death of worlds by Stephen Woroniecki Do you remember those childhood TV series where machines come and chew up the earth and the forest creatures […]
On Marx and Socialized Nature
I’d like to comment on Edmund Berger’s post on the “ecological” Marx which you can read here. The nub of the issue he raises is summarised in the following: This […]
Giant Power: Technology, Energy, and the Beginnings of Post-Truth America
Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, presenting at the Mahindra Center on October 18, 2017: Naomi Oreskes is an American historian of science. She […]
Tunneling in the Chthulucene
Below is a video of a plenary session with Anna Tsing & Donna Haraway that took place at the eleventh biennial ASLE conference on Thursday, June 25th at the University […]
Ecologics and Anthropogenic Transition
Originally posted on Institute for Interdisciplinary Research into the Anthropocene:
Kenneth McLeod, Anthropocene Transitions Program, October 2018 The first draft of this paper was prepared as a talk for Social…
“Action relies on courage, not hope.”
From October 9, 2018 The New Republic: The Case for Climate Pessimism By EMILY ATKIN Some climate change activists oppose doom-and-gloom rhetoric. They know that, if we don’t reduce greenhouse gas […]
Civilisation Retreats, Wildness Persists
We are reposting this text in fragments (as is our nature) in relation to resurgent theorytwitter buzz for the essay. Read the original in full: here. All comments and discussion welcome. *** […]
African Roads to Anarchy
We are reposting this text in fragments (as is our nature) in relation to resurgent theorytwitter buzz for the essay. Read the original in full: here. All comments and discussion welcome. *** […]
it’s later than we thought
We are reposting this text in fragments (as is our nature) in relation to the resurgent theorytwitter buzz. Read Part 1 here. All comments and discussion welcome. *** Desert, by […]
Deep Adaptation: Navigating Climate Tragedy
Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy by Dr. Jem Bendell PUBLISHED July 27, 2018 Abstract: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide readers with an opportunity […]
Utopia and Climate Change
Utopia and Climate Change // David Ruccio The warnings about the consequences of global warming are becoming increasingly dire. And with good reason. Just last month, a report by a multidisciplinary […]
Ecological Realism as Ontographic Sincerity
Below are some thoughts I had while reflecting on a new paper from Katrina Kolozova available here. This passage in particular set off an avalanche of pondering: In order to circumvent the […]
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