Podcast #36: Jerry Mander
Author and activist Jerry Mander reflects on a long life of technoskepticism and how it relates to the current global moment.
Category: Environment
E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops (excerpts)
Excerpts of E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic dystopia The Machine Stops
The Prescience of E. M. Forster
Compared to 1984 or Brave New World, E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic novella The Machine Stops was, in some ways, the most eerily accurate prediction of our current technological milieu.
The World Wired Web
Despite marketing imagery to the contrary, the “cloud” remains very much grounded in physical infrastructure, including unfathomable miles of wires.
Print Preview: Issue #3 | Summer 2019
Our third print issue is about to ship nationally.
Podcast #31: Roald Hazelhoff’s Environmental Citizenship
Southern Environmental Center founder Roald Hazelhoff gives us a tour of his unique educational and community-building work.
The False Promise of Hydroelectric Dams
In part two of a series on dams, reservoirs and catastrophic failures displace and destroy whole communities and ecosystems.
Podcast #29: Jim Keenan on Environmentalism, Justice, and Faith
Father Jim Keenan of Boston College discusses Pope Francis’s views on environmentalism and social justice, and how those resonate across belief systems.
Talking Trash: Recycling Inches Up, But Problems Remain
With the changes in consumed materials, recycling is running into problems; meanwhile, plastic and overall waste climb.
Going Dark to Reconnect to the Night Sky
Across the globe, communities are working to preserve existing areas of natural darkness and reduce the spread of light pollution.