As wealth inequality continues to grow, the escalating consequences of traditional economic models that have exploited the Earth and left millions in poverty are pushing us to the brink of transition. But what will the next system look like? How can we build a regenerative system that’s both socially and environmentally sustainable?
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Vegan chef Charity Morgan has helped 15 athletes from NFL team the Tennessee Titans to adopt a plant-based meal for the health benefits.
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Written by Caitlin Johnstone We all showed up naked, slimy and clueless in a world of inexplicable...
Read More An interview with Reverend Victor Kazanjian, the executive director of the United Religions Initiative.
Read More The frozen layer of soil that has underlain the Arctic tundra for millennia is now starting to thaw. This melting, which could release vast amounts of greenhouse gases, is already changing the Arctic landscape by causing landslides, draining lakes, and altering vegetation.
Read More Journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged by the Bolsonaro government in Brazil with the same prosecutorial angle used by the US to target WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Read More Channel 4 documentary “Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet” could change the way some environmentalists see meat.
Read More Here are eight ways in which the toxic policies of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility have contaminated American institutions, as well as our laws and customs, in the years since 2002.
Read More In his keynote address for the Civil Rights Movement’s March on Washington, DC in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. expressed his despair and disappointment that a century after emancipation, freedom still was not a lived reality in the United States of America
Read More According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880.
Read More At an intense level of combined heat and humidity—a “wet bulb” reading of 35 degrees Celsius, hotter and more humid than humans have ever experienced—the air will become so muggy that people can’t sweat and their organs begin to shut down, even when sitting in the shade.
Read More Democracy was not extinguished in 2016 when Trump was elected. It was slowly strangled to death by the Republican and Democratic parties on behalf of their corporate masters.
Read More Though It won’t be as exciting as last time. If the initial invasion of Iraq was a violent sexual assault by a stranger in a dark alley, this one is more like an abusive husband raping his wife and then making her cook him dinner. But it is just as much a violent violation of personal sovereignty in both instances.
Read More You don’t have to subscribe to any particular philosophy or religious belief to appreciate the truth and wisdom within this sermon given by Chris Hedges.
Read More A British MP described the Australian bushfire crisis as a “wake-up call for the world” on global warming, but the Australian government is still asleep at the wheel.
Read More The Revelator’s list of new environmental books for January 2020.
Read More The immediate “no-regret” measures they propose include aggressively curbing planet-heating emissions and the use of synthetic pesticides.
Read More If we really saw war, what war does to young minds and bodies, it would be impossible to embrace the myth of war.
Read More How do we live with the pain of knowing what we’ve lost and what’s coming?
Read More There is hardly any future for many species and for human civilization under mean global temperatures of more than 2 degrees Celsius, let alone under more than 4 degrees Celsius, which is where we are heading… – Andrew Glikson
Read More Agriculture’s global footprint is decreasing — more land globally is now being abandoned by farming than converted to it. This, some researchers contend, presents an opportunity for ecological restoration that could help fight climate change and stem the loss of biodiversity.
Read More In this interview with researcher and think-tank developer Daniel Schmachtenberger, we discuss some of the fundamental ethical questions and issues surrounding animal rights and veganism.
Read More Indigenous Peoples are often on the frontlines of environmental justice movements. As original caretakers of the land, these communities have not only sought to protect their own livelihoods, but also to preserve humanity’s harmony with the Earth.
Read More If our political leaders truly want to restore the rule of law and uphold the constitution, then why didn’t they impeach Bush and Obama (and Trump for his ongoing complicity) for starting illegal wars, assassinating U.S. citizens without due process, carrying out illegal torture, mass spying on the U.S. citizens, and many other serious human rights abuses.
Read More Record drought in Australia attributed to accelerating climate change has contributed to a continent-scale emergency that has burned through more than 5m hectares and alarmed scientists, doctors and firefighters.
Read More We all slid out of the womb an itty bitty helpless information sponge into a world full of mentally ill giants who couldn’t wait to fill our tiny skulls with all of their inner demons. And now everything, understandably, is fucked.
Read More Hope lies in the streets. Millions of people in Hong Kong, India, Chile, France, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon understand. It is time to join them.
Read More New Zealand is stepping up its efforts to stop global warming. All new government decisions will be made with the climate change crisis in mind.
Read More Scientists estimate that species are going extinct 1,000 times faster than they should be, and “literally dozens” go extinct each day. Gizmodo compiled a list of the species that the IUCN has formally declared extinct in the past decade.
Read More The climate news was not good this year—all the more reason to fight with renewed vigor in the next.
Read More Bees are the most important species, according to research that reveals how wild bee health impacts the environment more than colony collapse disorder.
Read More What does it mean to be courageous? This short video provides an eloquent answer through powerful images that encourage further consideration of the question.
Read More Ten indigenous people have been murdered so far in Brazil in 2019, including seven tribal leaders — the highest number of indigenous leaders killed in two decades.
Read More 3 weeks after a fascist coup and ousting of democratically elected president Evo Morales, a journalist visits Bolivia to learn about this crisis from the perspective of the indigenous people.
Read More The actor Arnold Schwarzenegger—who is featured in the documentary,The Game Changers—is proud of Joe Rogan for having an open mind about the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Read More Climate activist Greta Thunberg, whom Time Magazine just named “Person of the Year,” spoke to delegates at the COP25 climate conference in Madrid.
Read More Richard Falk discusses an extremely disturbing evolving situation by labeling it ‘the first bio-ethical crisis to confront humanity.’ It is bio-ethical in the primary sense that the challenges posed are fundamentally directed at the wellbeing and even survival of the species as a whole, and this crisis has an ethical character because knowledge and resources exist to overcome these challenges, and yet action is not being taken.
Read More Evo Morales, who served as president of Bolivia for 13 years and presided over extraordinary economic growth and a reduction of inequality praised even by his critics, announced that he was resigning the presidency under duress, with implicit threats from the Bolivian military and links to the U.S. strongly indicated.
Read More A demand letter signed by more than 50 leading environmental experts calls upon world governments to replace animal agriculture with plant-based food production to keep the Earth from warming to dangerous levels.
Read More The holiday season is the perfect time to cozy up with these top 21 movies for animal lovers. From animated classics like Bambi to new favorites like Frozen 2, these are our top picks for heartwarming movies that the whole family can enjoy.
Read More Chris Hedges provides a compelling summary of the rise and imminent fall of the U.S. Empire, and its associated global corporate power and terrorizing of much of the world with illegal coups, sanctions, violence and war.
Read More The U.S. Democratic Party and its liberal supporters are perplexed. They presented hours of evidence of an impeachable offense, and yet it has made no difference-public opinion is not moved. The liberal class and the Democratic Party leadership have failed to understand that they, along with the traditional Republican elites, have squandered their credibility. No one believes them. And no one should.
Read More On a solo canoe trip down the Green River, paddling through the Canyonlands of southeast Utah, Craig Childs reflects on what it means to be alone in the wild.
Read More This is a beautiful talk on emergence, its significance and fundamental importance for humanity.
Read More It is amazing how easily, without resistance, the Western empire is managing to destroy “rebellious” countries that are standing in its way.
Read More The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about the reality of climate change – where none exists. The latest estimate is that the world’s five largest publicly-owned oil and gas companies spend about US$200 million a year on lobbying to control, delay or block binding climate policy.
Read More Miki Kashtan celebrates all that this small island has managed in spite of enormous obstacles, with its determined, solidarity-bound, embattled, vibrant, alive, intent, imaginative, sensuous, friendly, committed population.
Read More In this thoughtful video, physicist Peter Russell pays tribute to kindness, suggesting that the world would be a drastically different place if we all showed one another more consideration
Read More “Failure to heed these warnings and take drastic action to reverse emissions means we will continue to witness deadly and catastrophic heatwaves, storms, and pollution.”
Read More As distinct as the protests seem, the uprisings rocking Bolivia, Lebanon, and scores of other countries all share a common theme.
Read More In Moral Philosopher Peter Singer’s hands, the questions that motivate a moral life are startlingly simple. But if you take them seriously, living morally can be both very rewarding and very challenging.
Read More Despite recent increases in the interest towards bird and mammal protection, less attention is paid to the suffering experienced by fishes in the fishing industry. But without a morally relevant difference between aquatic and land animals, the same moral obligations should apply to fishes and other aquatic animals, too.
Read More Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, has been accused of “anti-semitism” by big media for words he spoke taken out of context, leading to a massive backlash against the activist. This points to a much broader problem within mainstream media that climate activists need to understand: Big media is intertwined with other power centers, and they will fight tooth and nail against anyone who seriously challenges the status quo.
Read More Ted Talk by Per Espen Stoknes The biggest obstacle to dealing with climate disruptions lies...
Read More Sustainable home designs can help both people and businesses avoid having a negative impact on the environment. By choosing an eco-friendly manufacturer, designer, or by simply looking deeper into the footprint and profile of the materials and companies they work with, people can reduce their carbon footprint by being more conscious of the decor they put in their homes.
Read More For more than 20 years, Nipun Mehta and his parents have been opening his doors to friends and strangers every Wednesday evening, creating a space for people to sit in circle together, meditate, share thoughts, and enjoy a meal. The invitation is to “wake up to wisdom in stillness and community,” a simple gesture of service and connection that now takes place in people’s living rooms across the globe.
Read More Feeling inextricably connected yet small in relationship with the natural world can lead us swiftly to a sense of the sacred.
Read More Scientists keep raising ever-louder alarms about the urgency of tackling climate change, but the world’s governments aren’t listening. Yet the latest numbers don’t lie: Nations now plan to keep producing more coal, oil, and gas than the planet can endure.
Read More It’s become a classic. It’s being called a Color Revolution, and it’s been taking place on all Continents. US interference in the affairs of other countries for the continued enrichment of their elites is endless, merciless, reckless, without scruples and deadly. Bolivia is just the latest victim.
Read More Evo Morales, the democratically elected President of Bolivia, was forced from office by a military coup immediately after his election, with plenty of evidence to suggest it was backed by the United States. Does this courageous speech he recently gave at the UN lend some insight into the cause?
Read More This month’s new books dig deep into the need for diverse environmentalists, climate adaptation, wildlife coexistence and the Green New Deal.
Read More It is no secret that steaks and chops are delicious. But guzzling them incurs high costs for both carnivorous humans and the planet.
Read More Xiye Bastida Patrick, a New York high school student, has become a key leader in the growing youth climate movement. In an e360 interview, she talks about why students are taking to the streets to demand action and how this is changing the climate conversation globally.
Read More The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in the rest of the Arctic Ocean, according to new research.
Read More Mic the Vegan interviews Dr. Sailesh Rao, systems specialist with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and co-producer of the documentary Cowspiracy.
Read More Written by Chris Hedges / TruthDig Oligarchs are blinded by hubris, wealth and power. Their...
Read More A global group of around 11,000 scientists have endorsed research that says the world is facing a climate emergency.
Read More Italy is the first country to incorporate climate change and sustainable development into its national curriculum.
Read More NVC can contribute to our collective ability to face and transform social conditions and systems, including, in particular, capitalism. Despite this potential, in actual practice, there is the risk that NVC, like other forms of psychotherapy and personal growth, can risk acting as a narcotic, making people happier to live in dysfunctional social systems.
Read More Fires in the Amazon made global headlines for weeks. Alongside the criticism of the Brazilian government for encouraging anti-environmental stances, new information is now available on business and companies‘ impact on the fires in the Amazon.
Read More This is a useful how-to guide for people who want to incorporate affordable, delicious plant-based food into their diet.
Read More Katy Payne is a renowned acoustic biologist who has discovered that humpback whales compose ever-changing songs and that elephants communicate across long distances by infrasound.
Read More Anthropocene: The Human Epoch takes viewers on a hypnotic worldwide tour of the destruction we have wrought.
Read More In this episode of Transitions, Barbara Cecil and Dahr Jamail, co-authors of the ‘How Then Shall We Live?’ series published at Truthout, are interviewed about what they feel it means to openly and honestly face the unprecedented global ecological collapse presently taking place.
Read More We finally have some U.S. polling data that is helpful in the project of ending war. That it accurately uses the term “military” rather than “defense” and that it asks about moving the money to useful things is a cut above the usual corporate polling, rare as even that is, on whether so-called defense spending should go up or down.
Read More Four member organisations of the Vegan World Alliance are challenging the leaders of their countries to try vegan for a month, starting on 1 November, World Vegan Day. They want their leaders to commit to a low carbon way of life and to educate their government and the public about the huge negative impact animal agriculture has on the environment.
Read More It isn’t that those who work in mainstream news media are ignorant. They’re subservient. They’ve made a lifelong commitment to continue to worship at the altar of power, no matter what form that power takes.
Read More How many nonvegans know the difference between 1) the kind of cheese we were all raised to think of as ‘normal’, 2) vegetarian cheese and 3) vegan cheese?
Read More The campaign of demonisation and dehumanisation against Julian, based on government and media lie after lie, has led to a situation where he can be slowly killed in public sight, and arraigned on a charge of publishing the truth about government wrongdoing, while receiving no assistance from “liberal” society.
Read More Which protest movements interest corporate media has little to do with their righteousness or popularity, and much more to do with whom they are protesting against. If you’re fighting against corporate power or corruption in a US-client state, don’t expect many TV cameras to show up; that revolution is rarely televised.
Read More Soaring deforestation coupled with the destructive policies of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, could push the Amazon rainforest dangerously to an irreversible “tipping point” within two years
Read More We live in a civilization that was built by war. A civilization that is currently propped up by war. A civilization that has its future mapped out with war as its career and war as its retirement plan.
Read More Going vegan won’t help the planet? Not worth it for the climate? All of these notions are based on the EPA’s figures for livestock emissions. Why are they drastically different than the FAO’s reports? Time to investigate.
Read More We live in an age of radical evil. The architects of this evil are despoiling the earth and driving the human species toward extinction.
Read More Capitalism’s drive for profit at all costs is responsible for the climate crisis. In order to have a hope of halting the damage and coping with what is already locked in, we will have to move beyond capitalism towards a society where the needs of the mass of people come first.
Read More While we are all participants in the first great extermination, our responsibility is not evenly shared. Even middle-class people in the rich world, whose effects are significant, are guided by a system of thought and action that is shaped in large part by corporations.
Read More As we approached the first weekend of the October Rebellion, Extinction Rebels showed no sign of slowing down.
Read More A ban on overfishing could protect the oceans and help fight climate change, a new report says. Overfishing is impacting the oceans’ health and resilience.
Read More The public has expressed growing concern for the state of our oceans, as plastic is quickly outnumbering the amount of fish in the sea. But what is the main driver of ocean plastic? It turns out that close to 50% of the plastic debris in our oceans is abandoned fishing gear.
Read More Acclaimed actor and animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix speaks about his family’s transition away from eating animals at the age of 3, and his lifelong commitment to being vegan and speaking out for animals.
Read More Monday, Oct. 7. marks the start of what the British-based group Extinction Rebellion is calling the International Rebellion. Thousands of people will occupy the centers of some 60 cities around the globe, including Madrid, Amsterdam, Paris and New York, to stage nonviolent occupations of bridges and roads for at least a week.
Read More October 2 has been designated as the International Day of Nonviolence to coincide with the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. But Nonviolence is often misinterpreted.
Read More The US seems to have decided that it can’t take on China and Russia at the same time, so its principal geopolitical rival in the coming decades will be China.
Read More Why do people eat meat? The answer about our beliefs, habits, and ethics is more complicated than you might think.
Read More Recovering from a broken hip, peace activist Kathy Kelly reflects on her experiences with people disabled and traumatized by war.
Read More Until our leaders implement major policy changes to mitigate the climate crisis, Greta’s generation will be wholly justified in lecturing them for selfishly frittering away the stability of our global climate. And based on the abhorrent attacks on Greta that clumsily mask a deep sense of guilt, her critics know it.
Read More ‘Mayors are in charge of millions of meals every day – they should do everything in their power to create a healthy future for the planet,’ these scientists say.
Read More If you’re a grown adult enraged by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, satirist Mark Humphries and his co-writer Evan Williams have created a new service that could help.
Read More Creator of the ‘ecological footprint’ on life and death in a world 4 C hotter.
Read More Arther Keller, rocket scientist and ecology consultant, gives us an eye opening description of complex system collapse, illuminating the possible futures of the human social system.
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