Let Yourself Grieve

Whatever causes you grief, let yourself grieve. It is healing and necessary to feel the pain of the loss, whether we understand the fullness of its dimensions or not.

Anthony Rella

No, We Should Not Condemn Uprisings Against Police Murders Like George Floyd's

The uprising in response to George Floyds murder by a Minneapolis police officer this week has led to predictable calls to condemn looting. But the real looting in our society comes from the military, the police, the pharmaceutical companies, private equity, the landlords...

Peter Gowan

Biodiversity Now!

Progressive International Council member Carola Rackete and Dr. Claire Wordley explore the dimensions of Europe's biodiversity crisis and how the Green New Deal can address it.

Carola Rackete and Dr. Claire Wordley

Nobody Takes the Renewable Energy Transition Seriously

A goal without a plan is just a wish.Antoine de Saint-Exupry Despite all the demands from climate activists, scientists, and even policy makers, hardly a single country is taking the shift to renewable energy seriously. Even countries and regions thatclaimto be working...

Richard Heinberg

A Degrowth Perspective on the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus (covid-19) has caused upheaval across the world, deaths of the most vulnerable, closed borders, financial market crashes, curfews and controls on group gatherings, and many more devastating effects.

Degrowth Editorial Team

Post-Pandemic Development: a Ladakhi Perspective

A week before the announcement of the Janata [public] Curfew slated for March 22, 2020, I spoke with a 43-year-old close relative in her village in Leh, Ladakh, by phone from Delhi. Around that time, the news of rising infections from the novel coronavirus coming in from...

Padma Rigzin

Beneath Conspiracy Theories, the Class War

The danger of conspiracy theories is their ability to breed apathy and resignation, offering an easy narrative that makes people susceptible to influence and limits social change. There is another way.

Aragorn Eloff

The Conspiracy Myth

The other day I was amused to read a critique ofThe Coronationin which the author was absolutely certain that I am a closet conspiracy theorist. He was so persuasive that I myself almost believed it.

Charles Eisenstein

If You Found That ‘Plandemic’ Video Convincing, Read This Too

Theres a video out there that claims to show a scientist being silenced by the government. I keep seeing people share it while saying things like What do you think of this? or I dont know if this is right, but its worth listening to. If you want to learn more but are wary of...

Beth Skwarecki

It Is Right to Take Time to Grieve

For the past few weeks, Ive been writing down my hurts and disappointments, my losses. Since the pandemic began, all the plans Id made, all the things Id finally given myself permission to get excited about, to invest money and energy in, to do what I wanted have been canceled.

Anthony Rella

The Bizarre Blindspot in 'Planet of the Humans'

So, was the film Planet of the Humans a hit job on the environmental movement disguised by the filmmakers phony claim to care about Mother Earth? Or was it an honest, get real, expos of its assertion that,The takeover of the environmental movement by capitalism is now complete?

Craig Collins

Why We Cling to Conspiracies in Times of Crisis

They say anxiety is us weaving conspiracy theories about ourselves. But what if those feelings are already there, and we are actually telling stories to support them? We weave stories to try to explain how something inhuman and awful could happen to us. We also need people...

Justice Bartlett

Student Debt Forgiveness: Let's Do Some Math

What would it cost to wipe out everybodys student loans? The answer may surprise you.

Sparky Abraham

Why the Neoliberals Won’t Let This Crisis Go to Waste

AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP MIROWSKI - Many observers expected that the 2008 financial crisis would mark the end of neoliberalism. Instead, we saw a wave of privatization and sharp cuts in public services. Today, the forces best placed to exploit the coronavirus pandemic are...

Alex Doherty

Introducing the Wire International - A Response to Media Oligarchy

Counteracting corporate media consolidation, the Progressive International has launched the Wire, to disseminate critical perspectives around the world.

Michael Galant

The Class Divide in a Time of Pandemic: a Permaculture Perspective

The divide between the haves and the have nots has been highlighted by the impacts of the pandemic.[1]For those able to work online with a spacious and secure home base, and some financial resources to ride out the pandemic, life has mostly been tolerable. Consumption has...

David Holmgren

TAWAI: a Film About Reconnection

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. - Albert Einstein Tawai is a film about reconnection. It connects us to our ancestors and the type of life they may have lived. It connects us with our bodies and senses, inviting us to feel...

Bruce Parry

A Healthcare Worker Answers Governor Cuomo

Recent data out of New York City shows a large number of people with COVID-19 have largely been staying home. Governor Andrew Cuomo called this a surprise. But capitalism is forcing working-class people to spread the virus. A socialist doctor from New York explains the...

Mike Pappas

No, You Don't Have to Admit You're Wrong to Apologize (And Other Apology Myths Debunked)

Why are real, meaningful apologies so few and far between? What have we internalized about the meaning of apologizing?

Teri Lynn

The Great Giving Up (and The Film that Made It Worse)

This is the final in a series on Planet of the Humans. The other posts are here:

Ketan Joshi

Our Coming Baptism by Fire

There is worse ahead. In acceptance, hope is transformed into energy for the unimaginable.

Chris Taylor

Who Owns the Future of California's Energy? Its Residents

For many homeowners, rooftop solar is a smart move. But what if you could get every home and business in your entire county to switch to renewables, all at once? This is essentially whats happening in my state, California: a quiet revolution awkwardly named community choice...

Peter Kalmus

The Important Debate Planet of the Humans Misses

Instead of lambasting yesteryears renewable energy, the movie could have taken up current, more relevant questions.

Kate Aronoff

Ahmaud Arbery

A Poem Aflame

Tai Amri Spann-Ryan

Planet of the Humans Is the Media Literacy Exercise of the Year

"In disputes upon moral or scientific points, let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery. - Arthur Martine

Tim Hjersted

How Permaculture Can Build Resilience and Meet Basic Needs During a Pandemic

As COVID-19 spreads, people are showing a growing interest in permaculture principles and techniques to heal their lives, communities and the planet.

Marina Martinez

Lifeboat Culture: Planning Future-Proof, ‘Too Small to Fail’ Communities

Building a lifeboat culture is about taking action andpreparing communities to be sustainable and functional in the face of a global, national or regional economic and environmental collapse. Unless we rapidly move through the stages of climate grief, from paralysis to...

Andrew Willner

What If We Stay Home? The Planet’s Future Depends on Mass Economic Disobedience

Have you noticed the memes circulating about the end of normal?

Josh Adler

What Would We Do If There Was No One to Blame?

Bill Mckibben, Planet of the Humans, and the power we gain when we stop seeking villains

Tim Hjersted

Review of Planet of the Humans: What They Get Right and the Environmentalists Get Wrong

Planet of the Humanshas stirred the resentment of many a climate crusader. Yesterday, the chair of the Sierra Club California Energy and Climate Committee instructed committee members (I am one) not to watch or promotePlanet of the Humans. Today, climate scientists called for...

Paul Fenn

An Opportunity to Reconnect With Our Origins

For generations, a variety of factors have weakened the traditional intergenerational socio-cultural structures of Indigenous people around the world.

Daniel Henryk Rasolt

Changing the Way We Think About Ecocities

The way we understand ecocities needs radical change in order to ensure a sustainable future, akin to our ancestors realising the earth was round.

Dr Dominique Hes

The Art of Exploiting a Pandemic: From Propaganda to Profit

Throughout the U.S., institutions that have no real interest in public health are exploiting the ongoing pandemic to benefit their public image and their bottom line. We must recognize and combat these efforts in order to fight the pandemic, directing resources to where...

Mike Pappas

The Miseducation of the American Boy

Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is gay, and still cant cryand why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity

Peggy Orenstein

The Furor & Failure of "Planet of the Humans" & It's Critics

Where Is a Really Big Picture View of Our Environmental Problems & Possible Solutions?

Sandyssanders

Normal Was Killing Us

The first crisis point of the COVID-19 disaster was figuring out how to respond, after being caught flat-footed, to the immediate health threat. Now that the death curve in many places has begun to flatten and the scope of economic disaster is hitting home, we are approaching...

Cylvia Hayes

Sooner or Later, We Have to Stop Economic Growth — and We’ll Be Better for It

The end of growth will come one day, perhaps very soon, whether were ready or not. If we plan for and manage it, we could well wind up with greater well-being.

Richard Heinberg

New Study: Economic Growth Is Incompatible With Biodiversity Conservation

A study involving more than 20 specialists in conservation ecology and ecological economics highlights the contradiction between economic growth and biodiversity conservation. Adopting limits to international trade in resources or reducing and sharing the work, are some of...

Robert Orzanna

Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence

For the past few days, Ive been enveloped in the recently released documentary,Planet of the Humans. After watching the film, I was left with many complex feelings. The overall tone is dark and combative, and the ending that features suffering orangutans was torturous to...

LaUra Schmidt

Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?

To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that theres never been...

Richard Heinberg

6 Reasons Why Planet of the Humans Is a Disaster of Misinformation

Overview I. Intro II. The problems #1. Misrepresenting

Ben Wehrman

Corona Crisis Reveals We Need Systemic, Not Just Individual Change

Climate change is not your fault.

Peter Sinclair

Richard Heinberg's Review of Planet of the Humans

A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted areactionto Michael Moores latest film,

Richard Heinberg

Powerdown: Let's Talk About It

"The writing is on the wall: Powerdown is inevitable. If we want any hope of achieving it peacefully, weve got to start shifting minds and physical infrastructure today."

Joanne Poyourow

Movements Must Give Biden No Choice but to Move Left — as They've Done With Centrist Democrats in the Past

Movements forced progressive change under FDR and LBJ, but failed to move Obama. To change this country they must start pressuring Biden now.

Andy Bichlbaum

Seven Building Blocks for a Post-Corona World

With regular life on pause, we have a chance to stop and question the path we are taking at the deepest level.

Jason Angell

The Power of Disposable Time

In a recentarticle called Coronavirus Requires a Collective Response by professor David Harvey, I was struck by the timeliness of hisargument. Harveyquoted Karl Marx a bunch but Im going to simply paraphrase. Marx claimed that any major project to change the world will first...

Josh Liveright

One World 1 - A Survival Strategy for Humanity

"Its time to design a global society that fits the biological and material constraints of earth and also fits the psychological, cultural, and developmental needs of diverse peoples worldwide."

Armando Davila

Films For Action's Statement on Planet of the Humans

Why we took it down. Why we ultimately decided to put it back up (including this note). Plus our critiques and thoughts on the film.

Films For Action

The Triumph of Triviality

Clinical psychologist John F. Schumaker asks if modern consumer society is too shallow to deal with the deepening crises facing the planet.

John F. Schumaker

Forget About Planet of the Humans

SHAME on these filmmakers for making a film like this, full of misinformation and disinformation, to intentionally depress audiences, and make them think there are no alternatives.

Neal Livingston

Skepticism Is Healthy, but Planet of the Humans Is Toxic

It can be refreshing to watch a true believer taking a deeper look at their own sacred cows. But in his rush to be open-minded about his long-cherished environmental beliefs, Jeff Gibbs has thrown out the baby with the bathwater. He lumps solar and wind power, which hold...

Timmon Wallis

Bill McKibben's Response to Planet of the Humans Documentary

A Youtube video emerged on Earth Day eve making charges about me and about350.org namely that I was a supporter of biomass energy, and that 350 and I were beholden to corporate funding, and have misled our supporters on the costs and trade-offs related to decarbonizing our...

Bill McKibben

Conspiracy Theorists Are Falsely Claiming That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is an Elaborate Hoax

In the midst of a global pandemic, conspiracy theorists have found yet another way to spread dangerous disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19, sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the pandemic.

Anatoliy Gruzd and Philip Mai

23 Films to Watch After (Or Instead Of) Planet of the Humans

So you just watched Planet Of The Humans, and your spirits are feeling pretty crushed.

Tim Hjersted

What Happens in November

In the fall of 2009, I interviewed a Holocaust survivor from the Lodz ghetto. As a young girl, she had seen her whole family lined up and executed by a Nazi firing squad in a spray of machine gun fire, alongside hundreds of the people she had grown up with.

Matthew R. Bishop

Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden

The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack...

John Halstead

Mourn and Organize!

We all love Joe Hill, but his famous piece of advice Dont mourn, organize! is only half right. Given the state of the world today, with Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race and hundreds of thousands dead from the coronavirus, we ought to be doing both.

Liza Featherstone

Like It or Not, If We Run Third Party, We Will Lose

Socialists say they either want to realign the Democratic Party or break with it entirely. But those arent political strategies they are outcomes of political struggle. We need a way to develop working-class politics without condemning ourselves to third-party marginality.

Dustin Guastella

Voters Guide: Use Your Vote to Choose Your Opponent

This guide explains why "year-round activism + voting" is the best strategy for creating the world we want. Voting alone won't do it, but "year-round activism + not voting" needlessly puts us at a tactical disadvantage. Spending 1 day to choose our political opponents for the...

Tim Hjersted

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