By Richard Heinberg, David Hughes, January 16, 2024 This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.The numbers are in. Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin. The planet is now 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than it was before the fossil fuel revolution. Global heating is accelerating. This year (2024) is likely to set another record because the latter half
January 26, 2024 Even a wounded world is feeding us.Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy.I choose joy over despair.Not because I have my head in the sand,but because joy is what the earth gives me daily, and I must return the gift.~Robin Wall Kimmerer Greetings beloved Community, May 2024 offer the blessing of peace, within and without. May it be so. We are pleased and excited to announce that
By Richard Heinberg, January 10, 2024 While rummaging through a bookstore in Iowa City decades ago I happened upon a slim volume with the intriguing title, Tao Teh King by Lao Tzu: Nature and Intelligence, translated by philosopher Archie Bahm. As a 20-year-old, I was in a state of full rebellion against my Christian upbringing, the consumerist culture around me, and the pointless violence of the Vietnam War. I was looking
Extreme heat and cold brought on by climate change put people at risk. Beefing up building codes now could help to save lives. By Meredydd Evans, 23 January 2024Three years after the 1978 Miyagi earthquake, a magnitude-7.4 event that caused extensive damage to the city of Sendai, Japan overhauled its building codes to better protect people against quakes. The country’s building codes are some of the strictest, but they are hardly unique
AuthorKarla KaunAssociate Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University January 22, 2024Alcohol and other drugs can overpower the reward pathways of the brain. Simona Dumitru/Moment via Getty ImagesMany people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and drugs of abuse can overwhelm the
