The most recent “Radical Hope in Feverish Times” webinar is now available to be viewed. It featured Brian Tokar of the Institute for Social Ecology and Arthur Pye of the Emergency Committee on Rojava.
Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Murray Bookchin was one of the most significant thinkers – and activists – in the 20th century, beginning with his pioneering ecological analysis, Our Synthetic Environment, which was published over six decades ago (1962).
Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich.
If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been at hand for years. What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis.
An unprecedented 630 people registered to speak Wednesday against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s controversial proposed budget in a marathon city council session that could stretch into next week.
Vancouver has long been recognized as a global leader in sustainability, a city that others look to for bold environmental action and progressive urban governance. Which is why the reported proposal by Mayor Ken Sim to eliminate or significantly weaken Vancouver’s climate and sustainability department is not just concerning — it is dangerously short-sighted.
An Interview with Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell
Capitalism has created a world of bullsh*t abundance and artificial scarcity, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do
Website Editor: An important read here! “To just say we are going to go back to what we’ve always done, which is, dig, drill, chop, is such a missed opportunity, [and dangerous in a time of climate crisis!]” McDowell said.
“What they’re not hearing or listening to is members of the public saying, ‘You need to build right. You need to build for the future.’”
One province with an outsize number of cases has seen a collision of politics and public health policy.
Canada is on track to lose its place among the nations that have eliminated measles, as international health officials convene this week to review that designation, which experts call a measure of a country’s overall pandemic preparedness.
