Climate Cracks Are Spreading — and Even the System Knows It Can’t Hold
A wave of suppressed UK reports—from intelligence agencies, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and Defra—warn that ecosystems are on a “pathway to collapse,” food security could fail by 2030, and nature loss may cost twice the 2008 financial crash. Despite the gravity, mainstream media and markets have largely ignored the findings, with only brief coverage on BBC, The Guardian and ITV. The newly released Land Use Framework for England pledges food‑production resilience but omits any reference to biodiversity loss. The author urges community screenings to translate these warnings into grassroots climate action.
Prairie Prophecy: A Powerful New Film on Wes Jackson and the Future of Agriculture
Prairie Prophecy, a documentary about ecologist and Land Institute co‑founder Wes Jackson, has premiered on PBS with a 55‑minute version available for online streaming and a 90‑minute theatrical cut touring the country. The film showcases Jackson’s pioneering work on perennial...
The Restorative Promise of Agroecology: Farming for Sovereignty and Resilience in Malawi
A grassroots initiative led by EARTH Workshops and Butterfly Space is teaching Malawian villages regenerative agroecology techniques, from composting and urine‑based fertilizer (Mbeya) to intercropping and tree nurseries. In Chombe Village, 112 fruit‑tree seedlings sell for about $1.70 each, generating...
Cities: Canary in the Coal Mine?
British chemist Luke Howard first documented urban heat islands in 1818, noting London was 1.57 °F warmer than surrounding countryside. Modern measurements show city cores can be 5 °F to 9 °F hotter, with extreme cases exceeding 26 °F. The article argues that the...
Editorial Shift at Resilience
Long‑time editors Kristin Sponsler and Simone Osborn are leaving Resilience after steering the site from 2008 to 2026, overseeing two major redesigns and sustaining growth while many peers folded. Their departure marks the end of a formative era for the Post...
Inside the Off-Grid Earthship Community in New Mexico (YouTube Film Review)
Peter Santenello’s 64‑minute YouTube documentary spotlights the 640‑acre Earthship community called Atlantis just outside Taos, New Mexico. Founder Michael Reynolds, despite a stage‑four cancer diagnosis, walks viewers through self‑sustaining homes that harvest rainwater, generate solar power, and use tire‑filled rammed‑earth...
Finding Life in the Flux
The essay contrasts Helen Czerski’s *The Blue Machine*—which treats the ocean as a mechanistic system—with Robert Macfarlane’s *Is a River Alive?*, which adopts an animist, experiential narrative. Czerski’s scientific framing limits emotional connection to the sea, while Macfarlane’s immersion in...
Yet Another Apocalyptic Prediction…
A wave of recent reports—from the UK government’s National Security Assessment on biodiversity loss to studies by Carbon Tracker, the IFoA, and WWF—warn that ecological collapse could trigger severe economic contraction, heightened geopolitical tension, and a widening insurance protection gap....
Three Visions of Green AI — And Why the Differences Matter
Green AI now spans three distinct orientations: technical greening that trims AI’s own energy use, ecological intervention that applies AI to monitor and mitigate environmental damage, and relational reorientation that questions the underlying assumptions linking intelligence, nature, and power. The...
Essay Five – Facing the Abyss
Essay Five contends that civilization’s core process—systematic erosion of relational being—has transformed human societies from integrated hunter‑gatherer cultures into a fragmented, abstracted modernity. The narrative links the origin to Sumerian grain‑distribution controls, then follows religious‑secular amalgams that reinforced relational loss,...
Entropia and the Disintegration of Empire
Samuel Alexander’s 2013 eco‑fiction *Entropia* imagined a post‑industrial community born after a 2027 energy shock that crippled global trade. The novel’s second chapter, “The Disintegration of Empire,” describes the Great Disruption—bombings of the Ghawar field, the Suez Canal and the...
Notes on Being a Man: Review
The article reviews Scott Galloway’s "protector, provider, procreator" model of masculinity, noting its emphasis on personal discipline, financial success, and competition. It argues that this narrow framework overlooks the broader ecological and social systems that sustain individual prosperity. By linking...
Oil Price Manipulation, an Unrecognized Stratagem and an Unhinged Plan
Governments are scrambling to curb soaring oil prices after Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut roughly 20% of global supply. The International Energy Agency authorized a historic release of 400 million barrels from strategic reserves, equivalent to about 20...
Isn’t It Time We Had a Back-Up Plan ‘Just in Case’ Things Do Go Catastrophically Wrong?….
A new report argues that climate and ecological crises demand a pragmatic "Plan B" rather than endless debate. It labels discussions such as degrowth as unwinnable, urging focus on adaptive strategies that work across political divides. The authors propose concrete community...
Wide Boundary News: The Iranian War, Rising Gas Prices, and the Single Point Failure
The latest Wide Boundary News episode examines the U.S. and Israeli military offensive against Iran and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that handles roughly 20% of global oil and a significant share of LNG, sulfur...
When Experts Go Silent: Climate Misinformation Threatens Rights
During the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, false claims and AI‑generated images spread rapidly on social media, confusing residents and complicating evacuation decisions. Government agencies responded by coordinating emergency messaging and issuing federal guidance that treats information management as a core public‑safety...
Wide Boundary News: Biodiversity Depletion, Iran & the Strait of Hormuz, and the Green Wedge
In the latest Wide Boundary News episode, Nate Hagens connects the EU’s surge toward a 50 % renewable electricity mix and flattening CO₂ emissions with rising electricity prices that are spurring German industrial decline and chemical‑sector exits. He highlights China’s record...
Restoring Water to Arid Lands: Rethinking Dams and Soil in the MENA and Global South
Water scarcity in the MENA region and the Global South is driven more by land‑management failures and centralized hydraulic policies than by climate alone. Large dams, while symbolising progress, exacerbate evaporation losses and sedimentation, undermining long‑term water security. Healthy soils...