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 →
Category: Collapse
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 →