Disenfranchisement
We can't solve our "environmental" issues without resolving racism and economic disenfranchisement
How to grow a garden in an apartment or rental
Just because you're in an apartment or rental doesn't leave you out of the gardening fun!
Community climate action — the Cool Block initiative
The Cool Block initiative is coming to L.A.! Will you be part of it?
How do you sort out what’s really sustainable?
Explore the concept of "discernment," how to sort out which proposed solutions are bogus, versus which are true solutions.
6 Things you can do now about global warming
Here are six important things you can do, right now, about global warming. Includes a free checklist at the bottom of the post.
The Economy
Pick apart any environmental or social problem you can think of, and you find that The Economy is running the show. Our society has made many of these errant choices because of The Economy. If we’re going to solve any…
Biocapacity
The world has enough for everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed,” Mahatma Gandhi Biocapacity is a concept known by several names: The carrying capacity of the Earth. Ecological footprint. Global footprint. They all refer to the total impact mankind has…
Understand Peak
Peak oil is the concept that oil is a limited and finite resource, that when its production history is modeled, it will follow a certain profile. This concept of peak can be useful when we talk about any limited resource.…
What is Sustainability?
Nature has taught me that if humans don’t figure out what revolution really means, nature will make the revolution despite us. — Tawana Petty (brown 2017 p.72) “Sustainability” is one of those terms that you’ll hear tossed around in many…
The Climate Crisis
You undoubtedly know some things about global warming and climate change. Perhaps you know quite a lot about it, or perhaps you know a little bit. I’m not going to attempt to cover this topic comprehensively — that would take…
