I cannot breathe

I cannot breathe

Sometimes the news is so sickeningly awful, so disgusting, so disheartening, I can’t even breathe. “A report by cabinet ministers in Botswana has recommended lifting a four-year hunting ban and the introduction of elephant culling. After months of public...
The Green New Deal

The Green New Deal

One of the reasons we’re killing the planet is because we prefer our delusions to what is real. For our own comfort, we convince ourselves we’re merely “developing natural resources” rather than understand we are committing ecocide. Now that it’s become increasingly...
In The Belly Of The Whale

In The Belly Of The Whale

Julie Sperling’s latest work is “In The Belly Of The Whale”. She writes: “In November 2018, a dead sperm whale washed up on an Indonesian shore. It had 5.9 kilograms of plastic waste in its stomach. Drinking cups, pop bottles, flip flops,...
Green Hypocrisy

Green Hypocrisy

The Green New Deal resolution contains a plan that calls for solar, wind, and EVs, for so-called renewable energy, and an overhaul of our transportation system. That means massive amounts of materials, like copper, lithium, cobalt, iron ore, and other minerals and...