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Why this age of polycrisis demands a new kind of peace
As wars escalate, ecological systems collapse, and inequality deepens, traditional, nation-centered ideas of security and peace are no longer sufficient. “Planetary peace” links peace with ecological balance, regenerative economics, social justice, and planetary cooperation in this new human era.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Inside the plot to cover Europe with gas-powered AI data centres
Gas turbine manufacturers are confident they will win the battle over whether Europe’s AI boom will be powered by fossil fuels.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Wide boundary news: Sacrificing wilderness, oil data propaganda, and feeding the superorganism’s brain
Nate invites listeners to view the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens. He begins with the misleading framing of recent oil production statistics by the United States, which blurs distinctions between crude oil and broader petroleum products.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Seeds Series Volume 2: Building regenerative economies in an age of collapse
A new volume in the r3.0 “Seeds Series” brings together thinkers, activists and systems scholars exploring how societies might move through ecological and institutional breakdown toward more regenerative, place-based and cooperative forms of life.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario
Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in global climate projections.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Crazy Town: Episode 125. The Lighter Side of Dark Ages with Chris Smaje
Chris Smaje visits Crazy Town for some farmer-to-farmer straight talk. We cover Viking raids to agrarian populism, from societal collapse to the practicalities of making your way in a failed state. And they can’t get away from the shop talk of gardens, livestock, and home economics.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
In conversation: Dave Murphy and Tom Murphy – Can modernity become sustainable?
In this installment of an ongoing series, Tom and Dave Murphy explore what “sustainable” truly means and whether any disruption to natural ecosystems or energy flows by humanity is inherently unsustainable.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
History suggests inequality ends in catastrophe. We need another path
History offers a grim account of how structural change occurs. But concealed within that bleakness is a window of possibility that opens just when things fall apart.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Extreme heat is a growing threat to health, jobs and food security in southern Africa – study looks for practical solutions
Extreme heat is already a defining climate and health threat in southern Africa, yet public debate still treats it as ordinary bad weather. A new study shows that, as climate change drives more extreme events, governments and institutions can adopt practical steps to make communities more climate‑resilient.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Traditional models still ‘outperform AI’ for extreme weather forecasts
Computer models that use artificial intelligence (AI) cannot forecast record-breaking weather as well as traditional climate models, according to a new study.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Debates on degrowth: What drives us to keep growing?
Economic growth does not increase our well-being. It drives environmental damage and will inevitably slow as we hit resource limits. Yet many countries, companies, and individuals remain fiercely attached to growth. This article uses systemic analysis and System Dynamics diagrams to explore why we keep pursuing more, despite what we know.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
US policy, gangs and climate change are reshaping Central America
Migration and democratic decline in Central America cannot be understood separately from the intertwined impacts of US intervention, gang violence, economic instability and climate disruption. As droughts, displacement and insecurity deepen, the region faces growing pressure toward both migration and authoritarian rule.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Rebuilding after wildfire: Paradise, California hosts a gathering on community resilience
A gathering in Paradise, California, will bring together fire-affected communities, local leaders and resilience practitioners to explore what rebuilding after catastrophe can look like beyond simply restoring the old normal.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Wars destroy lives and the climate. Why aren’t we counting military emissions?
War is a major driver of greenhouse gas emissions, yet most conflict-related emissions remain excluded from official climate accounting. Governments and international climate bodies must begin treating military emissions and the climate costs of war as central issues of accountability and justice.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
In the Rising Tide, Episode 5. Raviraj Shetty: Rewriting the Stories We Live By
What if the stories we live by could change? In India, Raviraj Shetty explores how narrative, care, and imagination can help communities heal, reclaim dignity, and find new ways forward.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Iran war analysis: How 60 nations have responded to the global energy crisis
One month into the US and Israel’s war on Iran, at least 60 countries have taken emergency measures in response to the subsequent global energy crisis, according to analysis by Carbon Brief.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Key outcomes from the first summit on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels
Countries attending a first-of-its-kind summit have walked away with plans to develop national roadmaps away from fossil fuels, along with new tools to address harmful subsidies and carbon-intensive trade.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
How environmental destruction is built into corporate design
Modern corporations are legally and financially structured to prioritize profit over ecological stability. The result is a system that normalizes environmental destruction while diffusing responsibility across institutions and individuals.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
Heat‑resistant corals could help reefs adapt to climate change
Efforts to save coral reefs from climate‑driven heatwaves focus on conserving and breeding heat‑resistant corals and harnessing resilient algae and bacteria, offering a test case for conservation in a warming world.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
A perspective from Lebanon: Who will we be when things get hard?
Nate Hagens steps away from analysis and reflects on a call that reframed his thinking. He shares a recent conversation with a close friend living in Lebanon, who, amid ongoing daily violence and loss, has been hosting displaced families and leading meditation practices in her community.
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition
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