Was the Road to Social Collapse Written in the Stars?
Based on the law of cultural evolution, our fate appears inevitable They can be easy to take for granted, but homo sapiens — that is, you and I — are an extraordinary species with extraordinary…
Formula 1’s Pursuit of Sustainability Is a Symbol of a Society at Odds With Itself
Token gestures hide inconvenient truths Photo by Jonathan Cosens Photography on Unsplash Formula 1 pits some of the brightest engineers against one another in a relentless technological race to eke out every…
Greed and Excess Drive The Climate Crisis, So Why Aren’t They Being Questioned?
The health of the economy depends on it Looking through a microscope at yachts on a shoreline is the closest many will get to living the lives of the rich and famous.…
Is It Possible for Everyone to Enjoy High Western Living Standards?
High Western living standards present a profound moral dilemma It’s all about the money. Fast cars, big houses, lavish lifestyles. Living your best life is consumerism on steroids. Such lifestyles, while glamorised…
Earth Overshoot Day shows the date that humanity would overshoot if everyone on Earth lived like people in that country. Source - Earth Overshoot Day
What is Ecological Overshoot and Can Capitalism Correct It?
Overshoot is driving humanity towards collapse on a planetary scale In 1911, the US government placed 40 reindeer on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska to provide the native residents with a…
Why Has The Environmental Movement Failed To Go Mainstream?
Various obstacles work against the environmental movement, but once one falls, they all will Extinction Rebellion (XR) launched on 31 October 2018 with its ‘Declaration of Rebellion’ outside the Houses of Parliament…