Working with Nature heals; exploiting it brings profitable death — Working with Nature heals; exploiting it brings profitable death All life and all wealth come from Earth. Everything we eat and drink, our bodies, the places we live, the clothes we wear all originate in Nature. If we want Earth to keep giving, we can’t keep raping and taking from…

A society based on punishment makes us all less safe — Progressive District Attorneys such as San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin are being attacked with the insult: “soft on crime.” Boudin faces a recall election largely funded by wealthy donors who demand more people be jailed and more police be hired to “keep us safe.” But studies show punitive “law-and-order” policies can…

Or to the last living thing on Earth — Or to the last living thing on Earth While expressing support for Ukrainian civilians living in a war zone, US leaders are openly saying they don’t want the war to end. They want to trap Russia in a “quagmire” to “bleed” Vladimir Putin until his regime collapses. Historian Niall Ferguson…

Against the imperial war machine — Against the imperial war machine “A war company has no more interest in ending war than an umbrella company has in ending rain. War is their business.” Indrajit Samarajiva Depending on which media they follow, people might believe the USA and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) provoked the war…

U.S. Empire caused this mess. — U.S. Empire caused this mess. All day, every day, corporate media vilify Russia and its president Vladimir Putin for the crime of invading Ukraine. On social media, people who never heard of Ukraine until last month now display Ukrainian flags as their avatars. …

Return it to its rightful owners. — Return it to its rightful owners or lose it entirely. Last week I got to hear Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS). He described the effects of Israeli colonialism on Palestinian people, animals, plants, water and land. I came away with the understanding…

We are all part of Nature, so they’re the same process. — We are all part of Nature. When the world suffers, we suffer. We can medicate ourselves with drugs, material possessions and all the marvelous distractions of culture. Still, every day brings proof that industrial civilization is burning the world down, poisoning it and turning it to desert. No wonder so…

Let’s create a global garden. Not a parking lot. — In her song about the 1969 Woodstock music festival, Joni Mitchell sang, “We are stardust. We are golden. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the Garden.” This thought sounded beautiful in 1970, but did people ever really live in a garden? While the Bible says we started in…

Nature has healing power. It’s time to start planting trees and gardens. — Humans have pushed Earth to the brink of ecological collapse. But people can also help Nature heal. Some individuals have made truly beautiful changes in the world. They created near-miracles by allying themselves with trees. I focus in this story on two amazing planters from India, but there are many…