Unless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it is now may become completely unsustainable, according to a paper published recently by University of Georgia researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

Investigative reporter and cultural critic, Naomi Klein’s latest book is This Changes Everything.  In it, she makes a powerful case that the predatory brand of capitalism currently practiced in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world fosters egregious inequality and is highly destructive to human well-being and the health of the biosphere, on which we all depend. (more…)

According to research just released by the Pew Survey, 84% of the world’s human population is living on less than $20/day, a level that is right at the poverty line in the U.S.  That’s 17 out of every 20 people, about 6.2 billion people, on the planet barely surviving. (more…)

Climate change is impacting our entire planet in deeply unsettling ways.  Human caused pollution is heating the atmosphere, causing among other things,  more weather extremes and a destabilization in weather patterns around the world. (more…)

There are currently nearly 7.4 billion people on earth. At least a third of those people are struggling to survive.  The insecurity that goes with the daily challenge to find food, clean water, and safe place to sleep is like an anchor and chain impeding progress. (more…)