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Ecovillage Response to the Climate Emergency
We may be the final generation of humans but we could still evolve into the first generation of eco-humans.
Sep 27
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Albert Bates
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Comic Book Billionaire Accelerates Earth’s Demise to Populate Mars
“He obviously is a divisive individual and a person who acts as a catalyst….”
Sep 20
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Albert Bates
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Muddling Our Way to Earth 2.0
Putting ourselves onto a global 11-percent decline slope, we could be back at 1960 climate change levels by 2035. We needn’t be so harsh. Let’s give…
Sep 13
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Albert Bates
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Cool City Design: Stockholm’s Urban Forest Experiment
“People really love trees already, especially in Stockholm and in Sweden. I don't think that's the problem really…. It's more a problem with civil…
Sep 6
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Albert Bates
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August 2023
My New 12 Trillion-dollar Annual Budget
We’ll not have to tighten our belts anywhere.
Aug 30
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Albert Bates
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Drey’s Challenge
Many of the financial incentives that stripped the forests of Missouri in 1910 are still present in 2010.
Aug 23
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Albert Bates
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Missing the Ecosystems for the Trees
Will planting trees get us out of our climate pickle? Not entirely. But it could increase the world's natural drawdown of atmospheric carbon by 25%.
Aug 16
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Albert Bates
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Peak Carbon
Do offsets offer any way down?
Aug 9
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Albert Bates
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Thinking in Wholes
If there is a way out of our crisis, it will not be through the door we came in.
Aug 2
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Albert Bates
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July 2023
Upending the Climate Hockey Stick
Is anywhere safe?
Jul 26
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Albert Bates
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Debunking Climate Activist Prebunk
Pick your story: the Four Horsemen or Easter Island.
Jul 19
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Albert Bates
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Peter Minuit and the Gift Economy
When the Dutch “purchased” Manhattan for $26 in beads, it was a big misunderstanding.
Jul 12
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Albert Bates
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