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Bali Weather Breaks Records – Why Farmers Know but Instagrammers Don’t
The unseasonal heat where I live in Bali just broke records. Farming is affected. But you won’t see anything of that on TikTok, Instagram and the rest. Which means people don’t get the chance to discuss what to do about it… and then act. Can you spread the word about this situation and what to… Read more
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Why I am not on the Epstein list
For over two decades I was a driven environmentalist who thought we had time for a managed transition to a sustainable society. As the progress being made was tiny compared to the destruction of the natural world, within me there was a sense of desperation and struggle that I didn’t recognise. That experience means I… Read more
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Geopolitics 101 for the 2020s
The ‘information ecology’ of people living in the English-speaking world is collapsing as fast as, if not faster than, natural ecosystems. In that context, publications like Brave New Europe offer an essential resource. Their summary of geopolitical shifts in 2023 and implications for 2024 was immense. So I invite you to read it here. Thx,… Read more
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Climate Hoax Questions and More Besides
Last year I was fortunate enough to be joined by four remarkable women in the British environmental movement. We were speaking at a Deep Adaptation conference in Glastonbury. The way the discussions unfolded during a closing plenary was in stark contrast to the kinds of commentary we usually hear at conferences. If you can find… Read more
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Visions of a post-doom world
I hope you are enjoying some time off, if that is what you are able to do at this time of year. I recently appeared on the podcast “Buddha at the gas pump”… if you like the story that Jesus was a Buddhist monk during his missing years, then you might find the discussion almost… Read more
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Talking Collapse at Christmas
What are you going to talk about over the Christmas holidays? There is a lot of sad stuff going on in the world, which seems impossible to either influence or ignore. There is the temptation to utter platitudes about peace on Earth, or hoping it will be better next year. But you are reading these… Read more
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