by Omega | Dec 19, 2024 | Worldviews
In spite of current ads and slogans, the world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of what’s possible. This is good news for those of...
by Omega | Dec 18, 2024 | Politics
In the post-election blame game, progressives have been a favorite target of the center who want to pin the Democratic debacle on left-wing overreach. Now one of the stories pundits like Matt Yglesias and Noah Smith are telling is that the mean left-wingers alienated...
by Omega | Dec 18, 2024 | Environment
In many ways, this is business as usual. Climate change is an international problem requiring international cooperation, the possibilities for which are determined by geopolitics. But this year, something more unsettling is emerging: climate change is itself beginning...
by Omega | Dec 17, 2024 | Worldviews
We are life. We are nature. We are Universe. Self-reflexive consciousness allows us different perspectives on this ever-transforming and evolving whole we participate in — this all that we are reflections of. We bring forth a world together, as embodied manifestations...
by Omega | Dec 17, 2024 | Environment
Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new states, often abruptly and irreversibly. Kate Yoder Read full article in Grist by Kate Yoder
by Omega | Dec 14, 2024 | Worldviews
Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria Tess McClure Read full article by Tess McClure in The Guardian
by Omega | Dec 13, 2024 | Environment
Heatwaves can lead to considerable impacts on societal and natural systems. Accurate simulation of their response to warming is important for adaptation to potential climate futures. Here, we quantify changes of extreme temperatures worldwide over recent decades. We...
by Omega | Dec 13, 2024 | Books, Nonfiction
Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World For most of Elizabeth Sawin’s career, she was not a multisolver. Instead, she worked on a single, albeit immensely important problem: climate change. Despite tremendous effort—long hours of teaching, attending conferences,...
by Omega | Dec 13, 2024 | Resilience
When you’re faced with a real apocalypse, daydreams about retreating from the world behind steel doors start to seem not just embarrassing but, well, sociopathic. I started to think about what it would take to protect not just me, but all of us....
