Listening To Life Before It's Too Late: An Interview With Ellen LaConte, By Robert Jensen

Listening To Life Before It's Too Late: An Interview With Ellen LaConte, By Robert Jensen

People of conscience face two crucial challenges today: (1) Telling the truth about the dire state of the ecosphere that makes our lives possible, no matter how grim that reality, and (2) remaining committed to collective action to create a more just and sustainable world, no matter how daunting that task. It’s not an easy balancing act, as we struggle to understand the scope of the crisis without giving into a sense of hopelessness.

Earth's Limits: Why Growth Won't Return–Water, By Richard Heinberg

Earth's Limits: Why Growth Won't Return–Water, By Richard Heinberg

Limits to freshwater could restrict economic growth by impacting society in four primary ways: (1) by increasing mortality and general misery as increasing numbers of people find difficulty filling basic and essential human needs related to drinking, bathing, and cooking; (2) by reducing agricultural output from currently irrigated farmland; (3) by compromising mining and manufacturing processes that require water as an input; and (4) by reducing energy production that requires water. As water becomes scarce, attempts to avert any one of these four impacts will likely make matters worse with regard to at least one of the other three.

Why Egypt Will Not Be Another Iran, By Stephen Zunes

Why Egypt Will Not Be Another Iran, By Stephen Zunes

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Some prominent congressional leaders and media pundits, in a cynical effort to mislead the American public into supporting the Mubarak regime in Egypt and opposing the popular nonviolent struggle for democracy, have raised the specter of Egypt’s...