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countercurrents.org > 2026 > 05 > beyond-consumerism-rethinking-lifestyle-climate-and-public-policy

Beyond Consumerism: Rethinking Lifestyle, Climate, and Public Policy

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (399+ words) Air travel causes the greatest pollution. Greta Thunberg of Sweden, who has prominently raised the issue of climate change worldwide, has resolved not to travel by airplane. Therefore, not only foreign trips but even domestic air travel should be restricted....

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countercurrents.org > 2026 > 02 > the-materialist-mind-is-trying-to-resolve-an-existential-crisis

The materialist mind is trying to resolve an existential crisis

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (708+ words) We are at a crossroads of civilization, facing contradictions that cannot be solved by the same logic that created them. We are attempting to answer the future of humanity with a mindset inherited from the past. “Life is what happens…...

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countercurrents.org > 2025 > 12 > the-critical-minerals-race-is-putting-the-planet-at-risk

The Critical-Minerals Race Is Putting the Planet at Risk

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (471+ words) hashtags… by E A S Sarma08/06/2025 Introduction World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5, is the United...for protecting our planet. The 2025 theme, “Beat… It is ‘World Environment Day’ once again!...

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countercurrents.org > 2026 > 01 > breathe-the-measure-of-enough

Breathe – The Measure of Enough

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (702+ words) The Covenant of Breath Every inhale assumes trust: that the air remains clean, available, and balanced. Every exhale fulfills an obligation: returning carbon to the cycle in forms that plants or oceans can reabsorb. Justice lies in maintaining this rhythm…...

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countercurrents.org > 2025 > 12 > when-young-people-and-farmers-are-guardians-of-soil-health

When Young People and Farmers are Guardians of Soil Health

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (571+ words) Far from the protracted negotiations in Brussels, in Europe’s territories local communities are working on the ground to protect the soil. Ladislav Luc reports from Serbia on a citizen science project that offers an intriguing entry point for farmers and…...

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countercurrents.org > 2026 > 04 > rethinking-self-importance-in-a-time-of-social-and-ecological-collapse

Rethinking self-importance in a time of social and ecological collapse

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (962+ words) There is a direct line that runs through human history, connecting unchecked self-importance to elitism, domination, and the worst of brutalities. Can it really be that simple? Self-importance is usually called out by friends and curtailed before we become adults,…...

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countercurrents.org > 2026 > 01 > redefining-abundance-imagining-degrowth-as-human-growth

Redefining Abundance: Imagining Degrowth as Human Growth

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (930+ words) Anthropause: The Beauty of Degrowth Seven Stories Press (2026) In the classic Stanford “marshmallow experiment,” a group of 4-yr-olds were given a marshmallow and told that, if they resisted the urge to eat it now, they would get a second one…...

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countercurrents.org > 2026 > 04 > as-nature-terms-disappear-so-does-our-ability-to-see-and-protect-the-natural-world

As nature terms disappear, so does our ability to see and protect the natural world

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (602+ words) Efforts to restore nature language are already taking shape in education, art, and everyday observation. One of the most widely recognized examples emerged from the controversy surrounding the Oxford Junior Dictionary’s removal of nature words. The project aimed to rekindle…...

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countercurrents.org > 2025 > 12 > imagine-all-the-people-food-freedom-and-what-it-means-to-be-human

Imagine All the People: Food, Freedom and What It Means to Be Human

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (792+ words) Most critiques of the global agrifood system, even those that describe themselves as radical, remain confined within the system’s own language. They argue over efficiency versus sustainability and yields versus biodiversity. These debates often assume that the underlying framework of…...

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countercurrents.org > 2025 > 12 > uk-national-emergency-briefing-wakes-up-world

UK National Emergency Briefing Wakes Up World

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (583+ words) An impressive display of world class scientists recently (Nov. 27th) held a UK National Emergency Briefing, informing the world of impending climate change disaster scenarios that can no longer be ignored. A war-time footing is necessary. Ten of the UK’s leading…...

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