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Can We Save the World’s Largest Flowers From the Brink of Extinction?The 42 known species of the genus Rafflesia are und...
18/09/2025

Can We Save the World’s Largest Flowers From the Brink of Extinction?
The 42 known species of the genus Rafflesia are under threat due to deforestation and habitat destruction.
-by John Divinagracia

The 42 known species of the genus Rafflesia are under threat due to deforestation and habitat destruction.

Wisconsin Notches a Win Against Big Ag—For NowA Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that the state’s Department of Natural...
18/09/2025

Wisconsin Notches a Win Against Big Ag—For Now
A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources has the authority to regulate large-scale animal farms, a blow to big farm groups amid their decades-long fight to scale back environmental oversight.
-by Hannah Faris

A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources has the authority to regulate large-scale animal farms, a blow to big farm groups amid their decades-long fight to scale back environmental oversight.

The politics of renewables are getting stranger. ‘Sun Day’ celebrates them anywayThe way organizers see it, Sun Day is a...
18/09/2025

The politics of renewables are getting stranger. ‘Sun Day’ celebrates them anyway
The way organizers see it, Sun Day is a chance to help banish outdated perceptions about solar and wind. McKibben hopes the event will help the public to stop thinking of clean energy as a premium lifestyle choice; no longer as the Whole Foods of energy, but the Costco.
-by Kate Yoder

The way organizers see it, Sun Day is a chance to help banish outdated perceptions about solar and wind. McKibben hopes the event will help the public to stop thinking of clean energy as a premium lifestyle choice; no longer as the Whole Foods of energy, but the Costco.

Dark Triad Personality Traits: How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism Impact OIn this episode, Nate is joined...
18/09/2025

Dark Triad Personality Traits: How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism Impact O
In this episode, Nate is joined by Dr. Reid Meloy and Dr. Nancy McWilliams to explore the inner workings of the Dark Triad personality traits and their manifestation in modern culture.
-by Nate Hagens

In this episode, Nate is joined by Dr. Reid Meloy and Dr. Nancy McWilliams to explore the inner workings of the Dark Triad personality traits and their manifestation in modern culture.

The Seeds Herman Planted: Final Episode of Going Steady with Herman DalyIn tandem with the 80th United Nations General A...
18/09/2025

The Seeds Herman Planted: Final Episode of Going Steady with Herman Daly
In tandem with the 80th United Nations General Assembly, we’re asking a vital question: where do we find hope at such a challenging time? And the answer is in our cities.
-by Cities 1.5 Podcast

In tandem with the 80th United Nations General Assembly, we’re asking a vital question: where do we find hope at such a challenging time? And the answer is in our cities.

Strangled by Formalities: Bureaucracy and the Machinery of ControlThe basis of bureaucracy is the complex hierarchical s...
18/09/2025

Strangled by Formalities: Bureaucracy and the Machinery of Control
The basis of bureaucracy is the complex hierarchical stratification of society into order-givers and order-takers, and it is when social movements open spaces where this division is abolished, that the perspective for a coherent alternative begin to emerge.
-by Yavor Tarinski

The basis of bureaucracy is the complex hierarchical stratification of society into order-givers and order-takers, and it is when social movements open spaces where this division is abolished, that the perspective for a coherent alternative begin to emerge.

Saving OkefenokeeThere’s a lot to be determined about the fate of wild places in Georgia… We’re going to continue to sta...
17/09/2025

Saving Okefenokee
There’s a lot to be determined about the fate of wild places in Georgia… We’re going to continue to stay on [the Okefenokee story] and see what happens next, because I don’t think this is the end of potential mining proposals near the swamp.
-by John R. Platt

There’s a lot to be determined about the fate of wild places in Georgia… We’re going to continue to stay on [the Okefenokee story] and see what happens next, because I don’t think this is the end of potential mining proposals near the swamp.

Regulating AI use could stop its runaway energy expansionSo, we are left with pressing questions. Can we harness the ben...
17/09/2025

Regulating AI use could stop its runaway energy expansion
So, we are left with pressing questions. Can we harness the benefits of AI without accelerating environmental collapse? Can AI be made truly sustainable – and if so, how?
-by Shweta Singh

So, we are left with pressing questions. Can we harness the benefits of AI without accelerating environmental collapse? Can AI be made truly sustainable – and if so, how?

Colombia’s flower industry: a story of extractivism and resistanceFor degrowth thinkers and activists, this means not on...
17/09/2025

Colombia’s flower industry: a story of extractivism and resistance
For degrowth thinkers and activists, this means not only rejecting extractivism in theory but learning from the everyday practices of those who are working on alternatives. It means questioning the development models we export, the supply chains we rely on, and the silent complicity built into global consumption patterns. But it also means finding hope and direction in the grounded, collective visions blooming across the Sabana de Bogotá.
-by Valentina Donato

For degrowth thinkers and activists, this means not only rejecting extractivism in theory but learning from the everyday practices of those who are working on alternatives. It means questioning the development models we export, the supply chains we rely on, and the silent complicity built into globa...

Rural Europe Takes Action – Food System Lessons from MarburgAgainst this backdrop, the case of Marburg reminds us how lo...
17/09/2025

Rural Europe Takes Action – Food System Lessons from Marburg
Against this backdrop, the case of Marburg reminds us how local communities are building sustainable food systems for their regions, despite the obstacles. If EU agriculture and rural policies are mishandled in the next cycle, those obstacles will likely intensify – but the changemakers will keep moving.
-by ARC2020 Staff

Against this backdrop, the case of Marburg reminds us how local communities are building sustainable food systems for their regions, despite the obstacles. If EU agriculture and rural policies are mishandled in the next cycle, those obstacles will likely intensify – but the changemakers will keep ...

In the disunited states, conflict and uncertainty rule – Time to come homeIt is time to come home and build a better fut...
17/09/2025

In the disunited states, conflict and uncertainty rule – Time to come home
It is time to come home and build a better future in the places where we live.
-by Patrick Mazza

It is time to come home and build a better future in the places where we live.

Is the 6ME Hyperbole?To the extent that modernity remains “real,” so does a 6ME: they go together. Maybe, then, it’s mod...
17/09/2025

Is the 6ME Hyperbole?
To the extent that modernity remains “real,” so does a 6ME: they go together. Maybe, then, it’s modernity that’s hyperbole. It still rhymes.
-by Tom Murphy

To the extent that modernity remains “real,” so does a 6ME: they go together. Maybe, then, it’s modernity that’s hyperbole. It still rhymes.

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