From “Green Growth” To Post-Growth

The seduction of economic growth is all-pervasive. Even within progressive circles that claim to understand that growth is causing ecological destruction, there is hope in a new type of salvation: “green growth.” This is the idea that technology will become more efficient and allow us to grow the ... Read more

Plans Take Shape for a Regeneration Midwest Alliance

Last month, Regeneration International and our partner organizations hosted a meeting at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to gauge interest in forming a 12-state Regeneration Midwest Alliance in the heart of America’s “breadbasket.” (The 12-state region includes: ... Read more

Newsletter – Ensuring Justice In The Era Of Transformation

In our last article, we predicted that the 2020’s will be an era of transformation. We focused on the development of the movement since the “Take-Off” phase of the 2011 Occupy encampments, followed by Black Lives Matter, Fight for $15, Idle No More, carbon infrastructure protests, debt ... Read more

Saving The Ecosystem With Wild Backyards

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, Sherri Mitchell and Rivera Sun speak with citizen scientist and master gardener Adrian Fisher about reconciliation ecology and how her neighborhood outside Chicago, IL used wild plant gardening to not only connect two wildlife preserves on either side of her, but ... Read more

100% Renewables: ‘Wishful Thinking’ Or An Imperative Goal?

Above Photo: From medium.com In this essay, I was provoked to respond to Stan Cox’s widely-shared article “100 Percent Wishful Thinking: The Green-Energy Cornucopia”, in which he argues that a transition to 100% renewable energy is neither technically feasible, nor desirable. It is my ... Read more

Radically Changing How We Face Food Insecurity And Climate Change

Above Photo: Agroecology works, writes Gauthier, but in order for its promise to thrive, it will need supportive policies. (Photo: David Costa) What we need is a profound and radical transformation, or dare we say, conversion of the world food system. Around the world, people are ... Read more

9 Eastern States Agree To Cut Power Plant Emissions An Extra 30%

Above Photo: The states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, broke new ground when they launched the nation’s first carbon cap-and-trade program in 2009. Credit: Todd Van Hoosear/CC-BY-SA-2.0 Five of the states have Republican governors. The RGGI proposal follows ... Read more

Renewable Energy Is Becoming So Cheap US Will Meet Paris Commitments

Above Photo: Why insist on coal as solar gets cheaper? (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) …Even If Trump Withdraws Research analysts at Morgan Stanley believe that renewable energy like solar and wind power are hurtling towards a level of ubiquity where not even politics can hinder ... Read more

Our Best Shot At Meeting Paris Goals? Make Energy Public

Above Photo: “Cities and towns that want well-run water and sanitation services, low-cost access to the internet, and affordable housing should keep those operations public.” Charles Cook via Wikimedia Commons. A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and towns to ... Read more

Climate Change, Hope, And Revolution: Notes For Dark And Gloomy Times

Above Photo: Climate change protest in Copenhagen: source. The other day I was invited to speak in a colleague’s Environmental Studies class, called, simply, “Hope.” It happened to be the day after Donald Trump had uttered his calculated, genocidal stupidities about the Paris ... Read more