Faced with multiple converging crises humanity is challenged to redesign the human presence on Earth within the lifetime of present generations, writes Daniel Christian Wahl, and so transform our impact from degeneration to regeneration. We are capable of creating diverse creative cultures elegantly adapted to the uniqueness of place.
… Wahl | 25th April 2016 Ethical Living Ecology Culture Society … We are capable of creating diverse creative cultures elegantly adapted to the uniqueness … transformation - actually serve the necessary culture change? Or are they merely premature …
Evolutionary psychology demonstrates an innate preference for social learning and 'niche construction' that can help us understand the drive towards direct action and citizen assemblies.
… food and resource scarcity through agriculture, industry and trade, climate and …
Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
… 'progressive’ educators weaken local cultures, rather than supporting them by … successfully until a larger, more arrogant culture started to impose its will. In the … over local peculiarities and distinctive cultures, leading us towards ever-larger units …
Embracing a ‘simpler way’ is necessary for a transition to a just, sustainable, and flourishing world.
… more austere material futures? Affluent culture In order to thrive in these more … a deep re-evaluation of affluent material culture is required. High-consumption … to reimagine the good life beyond consumer culture and explore ways to live well on less …
Climate crisis impacts such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion and flooding pose a serious threat to archaeology and heritage, according to new research.
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Plastic is ubiquitous around the world's oceans, writes Lesley Henderson, but although it's visible from space, it can be surprisingly elusive in the water - as she heard from Jo Ruxton, producer of the investigative documentary 'A Plastic Ocean'. Solutions to this growing hazard have also proved elusive to date, hence the film's strong focus on action: educational, cultural and legal.
… Comment Oceans Waste Pollution Ecology Health Culture Law jo-ruxton1-cut.jpg Plastic is …
New research offers crucial historical context on how ancient indigenous South American populations dealt with climate change.
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The future of our planet itself depends on revolutionising the fabric of our entire social order. Natural forces of evolution and revolution can provide a model. The latest essay from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… process. This confusion of course is cultured and encourage by mass media that is … of ancient times so often blamed on ‘agriculture’ more accurately can be seen as product of states which abused agriculture to support their expansion. Although …
Trees for Life is to establish the world’s first rewilding centre near Loch Ness in the Highlands.
… stunning wild landscapes, discover Gaelic culture, and learn about the region’s unique … high-quality environment. "Nature and culture are closely linked in the Highlands …
Peter Kropotkin died 100 years ago. But his ecological and social innovations and teachings still resonate today.
… and in having developed complex symbolic cultures and technology. Indeed, humans are … with its emphasis on human agency and human culture, and naturalism, fully recognizing the … capitalism, of an industrial form of agriculture, a system of monoculture which …
For the women farmers of Tamil Nadu life has long been a struggle, Sheelu Francis told Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, all the more so following the advent of 'Green Revolution' industrial agriculture. So now women's collectives are organising to restore traditional foods and farming methods, resulting in lower costs, higher yields, improved nutrition, and a rekindling of native Tamil culture.
… advent of 'Green Revolution' industrial agriculture. So now women's collectives are … nutrition, and a rekindling of native Tamil culture. "Agroecology means that we are free … people have carried out their traditional agriculture systems. It is nothing new for farmers …
To embrace the Earth as truly alive is a step too far even for many committed environmentalists, writes Charles Eisenstein: worried that others may perceive us as unscientific, childish, woolly-headed and ridiculous. But it's a step we must take: in refusing to recognise the living Gaia that is both our creator and our home, we accept and perpetuate the philosophy of her destroyers.
… cloaked in the pervasive ideology of our culture. Is it true though? We might play with … and writer focusing on themes of human culture and identity. He is the author of …
Old and young must unite to form Generation S - a force to combat corporate gigantism and to shape cultural and social revolutions.
… to the particularities of place and culture. Gen S will become technological … meaningful employment at local level. Sumbioculture Globalised agribusiness is a version … task of Gen S will be to rebuild regional agriculture in light of the Symbiocene principles. …
We humans have much to learn from our kissing cousins, the peaceful, empathic, playful, sensual and highly sexual Bonobos, writes Susan Block. Rather than play out the myth of ancestral 'killer apes', better follow the 'Bonobo Way', and extend our love to all living beings and Earth herself.
… that simply do not translate well into human culture. But generally, they set a pretty … 'sex-positive' and 'female-empowering' in our culture. Go bonobos in bed - and throughout … none of which are any reflection on their culture. Poaching, despite being illegal in …
The Anthropocene is generating despair and desolation. The Symbiocene represents its opposite.
… symbiosis in our industrial gigantism and monocultures, but it is now time for all humanity … development where almost every element of culture, agriculture, economy, habitat and technology will …
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture
… in Britain saw an end to the stone circle culture Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom … that challenges our dominant consumer culture In your book you talk quite a lot … periods. This was a monumentally industrial culture. By the 4th century AD, there were …
Intensive agriculture's role in the destruction of symbiosis is well-documented and cannot be ignored any longer.
… Anthropocene OTNOC picture1.png Intensive agriculture's role in the destruction of symbiosis … to identify the key aspects of industrial agriculture that have violated symbiosis and the … biodiversity dependent on it. Industrial agriculture For those no longer living close to …
North American buffalo are officially 'vulnerable to global extinction', writes Louise Willcox, yet the US National Parks Service and Montana are intent on their wholesale slaughter. In place of a complete ecosystem with wild-roaming buffalo and grizzly bears, wildlife managers are systematically favoring the over-abundant elk that drive the politically powerful hunting industry.
… and politically well-connected agriculture interests at the expense of the … Protecting buffalo, protecting Indian culture And not just to bears but to all of … is protecting ourselves, our spirits, and our culture. …
The Amazon fire crisis has been 500 years in the making – as Brazil’s indigenous people know only too well.
… the places in which hundreds of distinct cultures evolved over the preceding … landscape. Many of Brazil’s Indigenous cultures are completely oriented around … lecturer in American History and Popular Culture, Coventry University. This article was …
‘Serious questions’ raised over plastic and immune health.
… coated in blood plasma were placed in culture dishes alongside human immune cells … Some 20 percent of immune cells tested in culture dishes without microplastics died …
Localisation can lead to a sustainable and more fulfilling future for people and our planet.
… on every continent, people in their diverse cultures are rejecting this vision of the … the in human scale of a techno-economic monoculture that has infiltrated and manipulated … flourish, while simultaneously re-embedding culture in nature. It means that societies can …
Fermentation is far more than a way to prepare diverse, delicious and wholesome food, writes Joanna Wright. It is a means for us to connect with the ancient past, with the world around us, and with our own selves. Are you ready to try it?
… where she is completing a Sustainable Horticulture Apprenticeship . Originally from … human ecology emerges from experience in agriculture and food systems, nature awareness, …