Absolutely—here’s a ready-to-drop “Hard planetary-data primer” draft for Part I, Ch. 3 of Possible Planet: Pathways to a Habitable Future. It pairs blunt numbers with clear visuals you (or a designer) can produce quickly. I’ve woven in the Medium essay (“You Will Live to See Climate Collapse”) and Johan Rockström’s recent TED talk for framing, and I cite the core… Read more →
Category: Collapse
Reversing the Extractive Logic: Emerging Pathways to a Regenerative Economy
In the heart of British Columbia, the Kwax̧a̧la community has begun to chart a new course for economic development rooted in Indigenous knowledge, ecological stewardship, and shared prosperity. It is part of a growing wave of initiatives across the globe seeking to invert the destructive logic of extractive capitalism and restore the foundations of life: thriving ecosystems, strong communities, and… Read more →
Could We Just Walk Away?
In Forsaking Cahokia, (https://open.substack.com/pub/collapsecurriculum/p/forsaking-cahokia-five-lessons-from?r=2bc8q&utm_medium=ios), the author describes walking away from a civilization that had become toxic. To what extent should we do this today? That’s a profound and unsettling question—and the Forsaking Cahokia essay is such a powerful lens for it. Read more →
We Can Create an Earthly Paradise if We Choose
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 →
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 →