...So think "resistance" with all your aching heart, a word that must become our promise to what is left of this planet. Gather the others: you already know them. The brave, smart, militant, and, most of all, serious, and together take aim. Do it carefully, but do it.
Then fire for all you're worth.
“Cowardice asks “Is it safe?”, Expediency “Is it politic?”, Vanity “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks “Is it right?” Sometimes one must take a position that is neither safe, politic, nor popular, but is right.”
Sun, Oct 13 2024
Eat, Pray, Pollute: On The Needed Death of Tourism
By Christopher Ketcham / COUNTERPUNCH A crowd of 3,000 anti-tourism protesters descended on posh downtown Barcelona last July, their demeanor one of delighted malice. They cordoned off hotels and eateries with hazard tape, as if demarcating a crime scene. [...]
Wed, Oct 09 2024
Inside the International Uprising Disrupting Air Travel
Editor’s note: DGR does not support the renewable energy transition aspect of such a treaty. By Alexandria Shaner September 11, 2024 / Waging Nonviolence An unprecedented alliance of climate groups is targeting airports on three continents to demand a [...]
Sun, Oct 06 2024
The Nine Lies of the Fake Green Fairytale
By Prof Jem Bendell / thoughts on collapse readiness and recovery Self-deception is rife within the environmental profession and movement. Some denial or disavowal is not surprising, due to how upsetting it is to focus on an unfolding tragedy. But our [...]
Sun, Sep 29 2024
‘Red Alert’ as 7th Planetary Boundary Breached
Editor’s note: This article is an update from a year ago. Trying to fix the climate change planetary boundary at the expense of biodiversity or any of the other planetary boundaries is a fool’s errand. This article does not state the fact that it [...]
Tue, Sep 24 2024
How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
Editor’s note: Climate change is a symptom predicament of overshoot and is exploited by power elites to deflect from what is necessary, ending modern civilization. The slow death of nature started with civilization, it has exponentially sped up since [...]
Sat, Sep 21 2024
Subsidies That Harm the Environment Reach $2.6 Trillion Per Year
Editor’s note: This article does not mention the subsidies going to “renewable” energy, which is in the trillions, and its environmentally harmful implementation. Also not mentioned are the costs associated with the loss of livelihood for [...]
Tue, Sep 17 2024
Nearly 200 Environmental Defenders Killed in 2023
By Olivia Rosane, staff writer for Common Dreams. Almost 200 people were killed in 2023 for attempting to protect their lands and communities from ecological devastation, Global Witness revealed Tuesday. This raises the total number of environmental [...]
Fri, Sep 13 2024
Combatting Violence Against Nicaragua’s Indigenous Communities
By Max Radwin 29 JUL 2024 / Mongabay Indigenous communities on Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast continue to suffer threats, kidnappings, torture and unlawful arrests while defending communal territory from illegal settlements and mining. Residents say [...]
Tue, Sep 10 2024
Battery Storage Systems Are a Fire Hazard
By Katie Singer https://katiesinger.substack.com/p/bess-fire-hazards On Friday, August 30, Applied Energy Services Corporation (AES), a global utility and power generation company, submitted a proposal to Santa Fe, New Mexico county commissioners to build a [...]
Sat, Sep 07 2024
We’re Protecting the Ocean Wrong
Editor’s note: Protecting the ocean means life protection, our ecosystems depend on intact and clean oceans. Even though the aim is to protect 30% of the planet, it’s not clear what conservation actually means worldwide. That leads to ineffective [...]
