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Trump is our Worst Kleptocrat, but He Won’t Be our Last

By Erik Curren | October 11, 2020

On Corruption in America by Sarah Chayes

Donald Trump is an especially brazen version of a kleptocrat, the kind of ruler who uses his public office to enrich himself, his family and his cronies. Trump's no-shame approach to pilfering public coffers may horrify Americans, who are used to a more genteel and discreet approach to self-dealing by the rich and powerful, though tinpot dictators from Nigeria to Brazil are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Transition Tagged With: corruption, plutocracy

Occupy the Climate: Will Extinction Rebellion Stick Around?

By Erik Curren | August 18, 2019

Extinction Rebellion pink sailboat

“On 31 October 2018, we declared ourselves to be in open rebellion against the U.K. government.” And so was born one of the most promising efforts today to make urgent the fight against climate change: Extinction Rebellion. Alarmed by the IPCC report released earlier that month giving the world’s nations only 12 more years to drastically cut greenhouse pollution — or else — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition

Should we Pay Exxon to Leave Oil in the Ground?

By Erik Curren | July 1, 2019

Slaves receiving news of emancipation in British West Indies

This article is the second in a series that compares today's fight for climate solutions with the successful movement to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century. Read the first installment, "The Fight against Climate Change Must Become the New Abolitionism." Recently, Congress considered whether African Americans should receive financial compensation for centuries of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Transition Tagged With: ExxonMobil, Richard Barker, Slave Labor

Grapes of Wrath: Travails of a Produce Farmer in Wine Country

By Shepherd Bliss | November 30, 2015

grapes

Many good reasons exist, other than merely earning money, to be a food farmer, though getting paid is an important benefit. Working outside in nature is good for the body and soul. Nature is a helpful, abundant teacher that can aid humans to develop humility and understand our appropriate roles on this miraculous Earth, rather than damage the environment. Seeing beautiful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: farming, Sonoma County CA, sprawl

Derrick Jensen has Inspired Me to Question Civilization

By Sherry Ackerman | October 22, 2015

liberate from civilization

I rode my horse out through the woods the other day. It was a beautiful Autumn afternoon as golden light filtered through the trees. My horse was keen to graze in an open meadow, so we found a spot where he could forage for some greenery among the late season grasses. On my ride out, I had been thinking about the widening gulf between the natural world and contemporary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: civilization, Derrick Jensen

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