Three Ways to Reduce the Ocean’s Garbage Gyres (And One Way Not To)
Speaking of oceans today on Reality Sandwich, here’s io9 on ways to reduce our ocean’s “garbage gyres.”
Living Fossil “Tadpole Shrimp” found in China
A living fossil has been discovered in north China after heavy rains created pools of water big enough to allow the creatures to hatch. The unusual animal is known as a Tadpole Shrimp, and they are over 200 million years old.
From Citibank to Vegan Activism: A Talk with Philip Wollen
I discovered Philip Wollen by watching the video of a debate called “Animals Should Be Off the Menu” last May. I was mesmerized by his oratory skills and the passion in which he described the absolute horror that animals live under all over the world.
Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn’t compete
Last week, for the first time in memory, the wholesale price of electricity in Queensland fell into negative territory – in the middle of the day. For several days the price, normally around $40-$50 a megawatt hour, hovered in and around zero.
VICE Speaks With Anti-Civilization Theorist John Zerzan
Anarcho Primitivist John Zerzan would rather we abandoned our modern pleasantries and returned to the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Now 70 years old, Zerzan reflects on the state of the world and the problem of modern technopoly.
The plants know
Imagine a world where every house plant and tree could see, remember, and judge everything around it. Unfortunately for naked Zumba enthusiasts this is reality not fiction.
This Huge 3200 Year Old Tree Was Never Photographed Before, Until Now
On the western slope of the Sierra Nevadas in California, at 5000-8000 ft. above sea level. A team of photographers from National Geographic worked with scientists from the park to be the first.
Climate Change: The Bigger Picture
Our failure to adequately limit carbon emissions comes not because the movement is too radical, but because it is not radical enough to challenge the key narratives of our civilization that the movement itself embodies.
When Renewables Destroy Nature: How Integrating Society Into Nature Can Be Bad For Both
“The renewable energy paradigm requires an unprecedented industrial reengineering of the landscape,” – one that “sees all of nature as an integrated machine for producing energy.”
Charles Eisenstein – The Living Planet
Here is a recording of one of my favorite talks last year. It is the first I gave on this topic. The title I originally gave it was, “Come on, Earth isn’t REALLY alive, is it?”
