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Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-06/political-collapse-lessons-from-fallen-empires/
Published: September 6, 2024 10:10
Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, Chinaâs Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to the discovery of an unexpected historical pattern.
Can We Escape Modern Civilization? Human Nature Odyssey meets Crazy Town
Published: September 6, 2024 09:30
In a farmhouse attic turned podcast studio in Corvallis, Oregon, I joined Crazy Town podcast hosts Jason Bradford, Rob Dietz, and Asher Miller to discuss whether itâs possible to escape our modern civilization and its various components (industrialism,âŚ
Ironic and Tragic: Technological Fundamentalism and Our Fear of Limits
Published: September 6, 2024 09:09
It is ironic that technological fundamentalists believe we can do anything we set our minds to, except limit the voraciousness of the human enterprise. It will be tragic if this fundamentalism continues to determine our course and the scariest dystopianâŚ
Daniel Christian Wahl: âBioregional Futures: Reconnecting to Place for Planetary Healthâ
Published: September 5, 2024 09:49
This week, Nate is joined by Daniel Christian Wahl, a leader and activist in regenerative living, for an exploration into what our lifestyles and communities could look like if we aligned human systemsâlike agriculture, economy, and community planningâwithâŚ
Us vs. them: Understanding the roots of political polarization and what you can do about it
Published: September 5, 2024 00:59
Richard Heinberg explores why societies become polarized and traces the causes and history of polarization in the U.S. He unpacks the dangers of polarization and the ways it tears societies apart, before seeing what can be done to reverse polarization.
Surviving Political Polarization: Curated List of Resources
Published: September 5, 2024 00:56
This list of resources is meant to give Resilience+ members a collection of ideas, tools, and organizations that can help them better understand and respond to political polarization.
One Communityâs Inspired Response to Toxic Polarization: An Interview with Nichole Argo
Published: September 5, 2024 00:55
Journalist and podcaster Rachel Donald interviews Nichole Argo, co-director of the Needham Resilience Network, a coalition of community leaders working together to establish relationships across silos, support belonging (rather than othering), andâŚ
Global trends are polarizing us: Can democracy handle it?
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-05/global-trends-are-polarizing-us/
Published: September 5, 2024 00:54
Richard Heinberg explores questions about democracy and political polarization in the context of profound changes in environmental, economic, and technological conditions, including whether democracies or autocracies are better able to respond to crises.
Being with Cows: Excerpt
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-04/being-with-cows-excerpt/
Published: September 4, 2024 13:51
It was the cows themselves who had impressed on me so deeply this alignment with rhythms borne not of the mind but some deeper undercurrent, a trust that the quietness brings all into its own order.
Itâs the labor, stupid
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-04/its-the-labor-stupid/
Published: September 4, 2024 13:18
We are stretching the material and labor limits of this planet to capacity merely to increase the complexity of our production methods, not to increase production, not to better meet our needs, not to create abundance or well-being for any body.
Cascadia and the Global Resurgence of Bioregional Activism
Published: September 4, 2024 13:17
Instead of seeing everything through the lens of the political economy and civilization, as if they were somehow divorced from earthly systems, bioregionalism proposes that ecological systems be treated as the foundational substrate for everything.
Buffalo are Center of Restoration Efforts from the Black Hills to the Texas Plains
Published: September 4, 2024 11:49
This âkeystone speciesâ can play a role in healing broken relationshipsâwith nature and between people.
We really need a plan
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-04/we-really-need-a-plan/
Published: September 4, 2024 10:51
We talk the talk about getting back to basics, living small, learning simple crafts, honoring indigenous wisdom, being part of the natural world...Well, now it's time to fully embrace our intentions... while we still can..
Democracy Rising 33: A Democratic Revolution in Rojava
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-04/democracy-rising-33-a-democratic-revolution-in-rojava/
Published: September 4, 2024 09:55
How the Rojavan democracy was made to happen should be of deep interest to everyone seeking a democracy built and nurtured from the bottom up.
The Land of Bows then Tenements
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-03/the-land-of-bows-then-tenements/
Published: September 3, 2024 15:56
But the question remains, will New Yorkers invest that activist energy into cultivating sustainable ways to do more with less, while more equitably redistributing the shrinking pie, or simply force the redirection of goods from other parts of the worldâŚ
Will science and technology save us?
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-03/will-science-and-technology-save-us/
Published: September 3, 2024 15:13
My point is certainly not that science as such is bad, but that we should not put it too high on the pedestal and in that process disregard other ways to understand what it is to be human and how we should live.
5 lessons from ancient civilizations for keeping homes cool in hot, dry climates
Published: September 3, 2024 15:12
Retrofitting modern cities and their glass towers for better heat control isnât simple, but there are techniques that can be adapted to new designs for living better in hotter and drier climates and for relying less on constant summer air conditioning.âŚ
A Tale of Two Yarn-Makers Reviving the Local Mill
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-03/a-tale-of-two-yarn-makers-reviving-the-local-mill/
Published: September 3, 2024 10:17
The Spinsters hope to both beautify the downtown core and bring wool manufacturing back to Bellingham. Theyâre not the only ones looking forward to the transformation. Downtown Bellingham Partnershipâs Jenny Hagemann says Spincycleâs move is âan excitingâŚ
What is causing devastating floods?
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-03/what-is-causing-devastating-floods/
Published: September 3, 2024 09:45
Drainage systems have depleted Vermontâs small water cycles for decades, providing openings for large water-cycle storms, and leaving the region increasingly vulnerable.
MM #18: What Can I Do?
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-09-03/mm-18-what-can-i-do/
Published: September 3, 2024 09:27
Faced with the towering set of concerns raised in this series, and the glaring unsustainability of modernityâwhich is not only familiar and comfortable, but seemingly essential for modern survivalâit is natural that a top-of-mind question for many is: WhatâŚ