We live in a time when the prospect of collapse is all too real—fires, floods, deserts spreading, oceans acidifying, and species vanishing at a rate we once thought unimaginable. And yet, at this very moment, we also hold in our hands the knowledge, the tools, and the collective genius to heal the Earth and create something approaching paradise. It is… Read more →
Category: Climate
PACE: The Promise and the Reality
It is important—indeed, essential—to invest in clean energy and to reduce emissions from buildings. Our homes, offices, schools, and factories collectively account for a staggering share of greenhouse gas emissions. And yet we know how to change this. We know how to make buildings far less energy‑intensive, how to switch them to renewable power, and how to design or retrofit… Read more →
Understanding Overshoot and Collapse
A recent Substack article by an unnamed author (“ItsOvershoot”) has exhaustively detailed the evidence for Understanding Our Collapsing World. Abrupt climate change. The sixth mass extinction. Collapsing Forests. Dead soil. Dry rivers. Acidic oceans. Coral reefs bleaching. Insects vanishing. Plastic in the air. Microfibers in your lungs. Nanoplastics in your blood. In your brain. In birds. In fish. In babies.… Read more →
AI Review of “Global 4C: World Monetary Union for Climate Change Mitigation”
From Academia.edu (AI source unspecified): In the following review, I aim to provide a detailed evaluation of the work titled “Global 4C: World Monetary Union for Climate Change Mitigation,” authored by Delton B. Chen, Jonathan Cloud, and Joel van der Beek. This paper was an attempt to address the monumental challenge of climate change through an innovative economic and monetary… Read more →
Epilogue: A Universal Appeal (Enhanced Version)
Can We Speak to Everyone? Humanity stands, once again, at a crossroads. This is not a metaphor. It is the reality of our time. We can continue to deny the scale of the planetary crisis, as some governments and institutions still do—insisting that things are fine, that growth will continue, that nature will adapt to our needs. But pretending has… Read more →
Reforming Capitalism and the Global Financial System
Is it feasible to reform global capitalism and the international financial system? Perhaps. But as in the case of cutting emissions, it seems likely that intelligent action will be too little too late to prevent ecosystems from collapsing around the world. The idea of reforming the global financial system in time to prevent catastrophic ecological collapse may already be approaching… Read more →
Conclusions: What Should an Intelligent and Humane Immigration Policy Actually Look Like?
When I was growing up, moving from one country to another was not a very difficult thing. Yes, you needed to get a visa, and a residency permit, but these were not impossible to come by. We lived in Mexico, in France, in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada before returning to the United States in 1991. It was no big… Read more →
Chapter 5: Can We Restore the Climate?
The escalating climate crisis has prompted a reevaluation of our goals and strategies. While achieving net-zero emissions is crucial, it may not suffice to ensure a livable future. The concept of climate restoration, championed by physicist and entrepreneur Peter Fiekowsky, advocates for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations to pre-industrial levels, thereby restoring the climate conditions under which humanity has historically… Read more →
Revised Chapter 3: Restoring the Carbon Balance and Rethinking Climate Solutions
The Earth’s carbon cycle is a complex system that has been in balance for a long time before human industrial activity began to disrupt it. This natural system regulates the flow of carbon between the atmosphere, the oceans, the soil, and the biosphere. For most of Earth’s recent history, the planet has maintained a relatively stable climate, allowing life to… Read more →
Chapter 4: Mitigating the Climate Crisis — The Global Carbon Reward
In the face of escalating climate challenges, innovative economic strategies are essential to drive meaningful change.One such proposal is the Global Carbon Reward (GCR), conceptualized by Delton Chen, which introduces a novel approach to incentivizing carbon mitigation efforts through financial rewards. Understanding the Carbon Cycle and Its Imbalance The Earth’s carbon cycle involves the movement of carbon among the atmosphere,… Read more →