Dec 3, 2021Green New Deal XIV: Climate Catastrophe Demands We Tear Down Deadly BordersThis is the fourteenth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I (Deconstructing environmental racism), II (Rural renewal), III (Upcycle the war machine), IV (GND manifestos), V (No oil bailouts), VI (No corporate ecocide), VII (Defund the police), VIII (Zero…Climate Refugees6 min read
Nov 11, 2021In ‘The Dawn of Everything,’ Graeber and Wengrow Place Imagination at the Center of Humanity’s Journey“The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity,” by David Graeber and David Wengrow, was released in the U.S. on Nov. 9. The way we think about the human journey is based on myths that are too simplistic. People have consciously walked many paths, sometimes reverting rather than following…The Dawn Of Everything5 min read
Sep 28, 2021Green New Deal XIII: From Kansas City to Estonia, Free Public Transport Is the FutureThis is the thirteenth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I (Deconstructing environmental racism), II (Rural renewal), III (Upcycle the war machine), IV (GND manifestos), V (No oil bailouts), VI (No corporate ecocide), VII (Defund the police), VIII (Zero…Green New Deal5 min read
Apr 11, 2021Green New Deal XI: Costa Rica Demonstrates One Pathway Toward a Rewilded WorldThis is the eleventh installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX and Part X. “The health of ecosystems on which we and all…Green New Deal6 min read
Mar 19, 2021Green New Deal X: Denmark Shows How a Country Can Power Beyond Fossil FuelsThis is the tenth instalment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII and Part IX. Denmark declared in December it would no longer issue new licences…Green New Deal6 min read
Feb 19, 2021Green New Deal IX: Learning Lessons about Equality and Education from FinlandThis is the ninth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, and Part VIII. A small Nordic country, Finland tops world rankings for safety and stability, as…Green New Deal6 min read
Jan 7, 2021Green New Deal, Part VIII: New Zealand’s Zero-Covid-19 Strategy Shows how Politics Can Serve the Common GoodThis is the eighth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI and Part VII. “What we need from you is to support one another. Go home tonight and check…Green New Deal5 min read
Nov 10, 2020GND7. No Justice, No Peace, It’s Time to Defund the PoliceThis is the seventh installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V and Part VI. The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system —…Green New Deal6 min read
Oct 13, 2020GND6. End Corporate Welfare Before It Kills UsThis is the sixth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV and Part V. Corporations destroying the planet are receiving billions in bailouts and other government support in response to COVID-19’s economic…Green New Deal5 min read
Sep 24, 2020Our Friend David GraeberThe world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David’s optimism, humour and joy. In early 2014, I first met David in a London pub with two mutual friends. We were planning a small occupation…David Graeber5 min read
