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Donald Trump’s corruption serves oil interests

Forest and beach

The planet needs humans to protect it. Trump will destroy democracy for a dollar. It’s his position that everything he touches is his. The planet is on fire. Neither rich nor poor will survive.

If we left space for wild animals

The Hebrew words are Abraham, Isaac, angel, and God, placed near the stars in the Aries constellation. There’s also the word for Aries the ram.

An alternate reflection on the Binding of Isaac. Maybe you didn’t want this. On the other hand, it was an important step for you. On the third hand, you wouldn’t have been in this situation if—

One billion crabs have had it

Crab in the waves on the edge of the sand. Snow-capped mountains in the background.

Alaska’s snow crabs said: ‘You can’t fire me because I quit’. What happens to animals involves plants, bacteria, landscapes, water, air. Everything is connected. How do the snow crabs feel? When can we ask them?

‘Atlas of a Changing Climate’ shows warming in images

colorful scientific map of North America

Fundamentals and details explained in Brian Buma’s 2021 book. ‘The Atlas of a Changing Climate’ explains the science in a “relatable and understandable” way, admitting that readers may react with “wonder” or “despair.”

War may change how we rely on big oil

tool in oil drilling

Energy companies’ reactions to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Often, a catastrophe  forces a business to change by hitting it in its wallet. This is an ethical crisis too. Businesses have to change. Today.

What we can’t conquer, we destroy and deny

Brown speckled bird, a spotted laughingthrush, sitting on a fence post

A mindset that rejects wilderness will also reject people. Wilderness is the unknown. Much in the human is unknown too. A mindset that rejects wilderness will also reject humans who don’t fit social norms.

Talking to climate skeptics

eyeglasses

Reflecting on ‘How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate’ (2015). Most USAmericans are scientifically illiterate. It’s not that they don’t memorize scientific facts; they don’t even know how scientific reasoning works.

Climate change, predicted (three decades ago)

Screenshot of the SimEarth game in a modern emulator.

Returning to an environmental classic: ‘The Ages of Gaia’ by James Lovelock. We don’t yet know what it will be like when the forests are gone. But we should live in a way that prevents this outcome. We must support our own survival.