When Fiction and Reality Meet: Lessons for the EU from the Danish TV Show Borgen
What can a power-hungry TV politician teach the head of the European Commission?
Envisioning the Transition to an Ecological Economy
Brannon Andersen explores what changes are needed to grow an ecological economy in the cracks of the current unsustainable system.
The Wonders of the Hydrogen Economy
Imagining our utopian transition to a hydrogen-powered future—and its consequences.
Three Wishes from the Wise Old Kefirych
What would a wise genie grant us, if we wished for a sustainable future?
Can We Still Chart a New Course?
A reflection on the recent update to the Limits to Growth and what it means for our future.
Should we all just ‘lie flat?’
Perhaps the best way to respond to our frenetic consumer dance toward ecocide is to simply opt out?
Reflecting on the Modern Myth of Narcissus
An exploration of media addiction and an entirely new meaning of “cancel culture”
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him?
A holistic investigation of the Suez Canal mishap.
Are Environmentalists No Wiser than Monkeys Reaching for the Moon?
Grasping at green energy illusions will not bring about a sustainable future.
Radium Girls…and Lithium Boys?
A thread of toxic dental floss weaves radium poisoning, Teflon, the Green New Deal, defense contractors, and a scifi novel together into a tapestry of two futures.
Gaia is Responding to our Actions. Will We Act Differently in Time?
Perhaps a little ‘good trouble’ now will ward off the greater trouble ahead.
The Very Hungry Humans
Exploring outbreak population dynamics, epidemics, and behavior changes.