…If one is going to use a phrase like ‘Out of balance’ in a major world communiqué, one really must contextualise it.
‘Out of balance’ makes good sense in the *human* context of Doughnut Economics as a framing.
It does not make sense (at least it does not to me) within the *impersonal* geological/meteorological frame.
is it weird to say "I recognize that refinery" about this story?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research
…If the Strait of Hormuz opens up again we are still in deep deep shit.
EVs will not save us
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EVs are made with metals smelted with ~2 tonnes of coal, making about 4 tonnes of CO2. The coal is transported with diesel derived from oil. Which is extracted with steel. Which is made with coal.
EVs use fewer resources over their lifetime than infernal-combustion. So that’s good, assuming all the oil products they rely upon throughout their lifetime (e.g. bitumen) continue to flow.
But we’re probably past peak diesel. Perhaps we can examine our predicament more fully?
Inspiring annual lecture at Institute of Development Studies at University of Sussex by Jason Hickel on Capitalism, imperialism and ecology in the 21st century. Never before have we had so much production & mass deprivation with roots in imperialism & capitalism (ie undemocratic forms of production). Need for ecosocialist transformation & global South to delink from globalist capitalist law of value
In Neuaigen trafen sich am Sonntag Bürgerinitiativen, um gegen Windkraft zu mobilisieren. Die Anwesenden, darunter auch Politiker von FPÖ und MFG, nutzten die Veranstaltung, um ihre teils radikalen Ansichten zu verbreiten – inklusive Falschnachrichten und Verschwörungstheorien.
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This is a lovely conversation between host Alex Leff and Jess Serrante. It serves as an introduction to a set of conversations I didn’t know I needed to listen to but now feel I do:
Jess recorded her friend, Joanna Macy, and made it her own podcast: ‘We are the Great Turning’.
Heartily recommend this, about Joanna, her wisdom and what it was like to know her really well
How do we live through wild times? Legendary scholar, activist, and systems thinker Joanna Macy named the moment we are living through the Great Unraveling—a time when our ecological, political, economic, and social systems destabilize to the point of no return. And yet, she also insisted that we stand on the threshold of a Great Turning: a profound transition toward a more just and sustainable world. Before Joanna’s death in 2025, climate activist Jess Serrante recorded a series of intimate and insightful conversations with her. In this episode, Alex sits down with Jess, weaving in clips from those recordings to explore the questions Joanna devoted her life to asking: How do we live with meaning as civilization unravels? How do we turn toward the grief of this moment—and transform it into action? And how do intergenerational relationships help us become elders for the future - when wisdom is needed most? CITATIONS We Are The Great Turning [podcast] If you’d like to support Human Nature Odyssey, please…
Waldbrandgefahr - Ende März.
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