Survival and Renewal in the Anthropocene
I asked ChatterBot, my AI research assistant, if there are ways to predict the behavior of complex systems. CB answered, “…predicting the behavior of complex systems is inherently challenging…
I visited Lahaina, back in the day. My girlfriend and I pitched a tent and camped on the beach just south of town, where ginormous hotels now block access to…
At the rate we’re going this time we’re in now, as filled with catastrophe as it is, will be referred to as “the good old days.” Mary Sweeney commenting in…
This is the second post in a four-part series on methane. Read posts #1, #3 and #4. “The Partnership (for Energy Progress)…[spent] $2.8 million in 2020 convincing consumers that ‘natural…
This is the second post in a two-part series on climate migration. Read post #1. “We can’t deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come.” ~ Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General…
This is the first post in a two-part series on climate migration. Read posts #2. “They’ll just dry up and blow away.” — One of my mother’s favorite expressions The…
We hike and canoe where they want to build this. No thanks. — “Mainer,” commenting on a proposed transmission corridor bringing hydroelectric power from Quebec to New England. Who…
“Ukraine has only compounded a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe” —David M. Beasley, Director, U.N. World Food Program Climate change is the backdrop to everything on the global stage….
Sun’s corona? Virus? Earth in 2100? “…this short-term threat [COVID-19], to a small percentage of humans, is being treated as a crisis — all hands on deck. Meanwhile, the existential…
NOTE: This is Part 1 of a four-part series. (read Part 2) The publication of parts 3 and 4 will be postponed until an unspecified later date, as Firebird Journal’s…
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This upcoming book discussed three possible futures — ” bad,” “good,” and “likely” — for the planet and humanity in the Anthropocene.
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