by Omega | Jul 6, 2023 | Economy
The Great Simplification #77 with Kate Raworth Today, I am joined by the creator of Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth, for a fantastic primer on the need for different economic measurements beyond the material wealth created by a society. Nate Hagens Read the...
by Omega | Jul 6, 2023 | Polycrisis
Multiple global crises—including the pandemic, climate change, and Russia’s war on Ukraine—have recently linked together in ways that are significant in scope, devastating in effect, but poorly understood. Dr. Michael Lawrence, a Fellow at the Cascade Institute Read...
by Omega | Jul 6, 2023 | Environment
A major concern for the world’s ecosystems is the possibility of collapse, where landscapes and the societies they support change abruptly. Simon Willcock Read full article in Nature by Simonn Willcock
by Omega | Jun 22, 2023 | Worldviews
“We are sliding, very quickly, towards an AI-controlled and AI-dominated world.” Michal Kosinski Read full article in Wired.com by Thor Benson
by Omega | Jun 22, 2023 | Pandemics
But this is yet another demonstration that almost all of the most significant information we’ve had about Covid’s possible relationship to scientific research in Wuhan has come out in dribs and drabs from the hard work of independent researchers, journalists, open...
by Omega | Jun 20, 2023 | Economy
“Nearly all the economic forces that powered progress and prosperity over the last three decades are fading,” the World Bank warned in a recent analysis. “The result could be a lost decade in the making — not just for some countries or regions as has occurred in...
by Omega | Jun 20, 2023 | People
In April, Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards (ORA) team, myself included, gathered at Commonweal with partners from Latin America, India, and Africa. ORA was launched by Commonweal’s Omega program, a new initiative from Commonweal Co-Founder Michael Lerner, which...
by Omega | Jun 20, 2023 | Polycrisis
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption of multiple global supply chains, policy think tanks have increasingly adopted the term polycrisis to signify humanity’s destabilized status quo. Richard Heinberg Read...
by Omega | Jun 18, 2023 | Economy
By Zack Walsh, Polycrisis Transition Consultancy This article is part of a collaboration between Commonweal and Polycrisis Transition Consultancy with support from One Project. In this article, we situate emerging definitions of polycrisis within cognate bodies of...
by Omega | Jun 16, 2023 | Environment
To enhance environmental sustainability, resilience and social justice amid today’s crises, we need to broaden who benefits from and participates in the sciences of biodiversity by expanding the values and methodologies that shape such initiatives. In practice,...
