Tag: ecosystem

Regenerating Gaia: Imagine a Peaceful Rebellion that Regrows Nature

Posted on By Dr. Glen Barry 6 Comments on Regenerating Gaia: Imagine a Peaceful Rebellion that Regrows Nature

Gaia – the living global ecological system – is collapsing and dying as human industrial growth overruns natural ecosystems and climate. Yet the biosphere can regenerate, as it has done before, given the time and space, free from human burning and cutting. As the twin emergencies of climate and ecosystem loss threaten the end of…

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Global Biosphere Collapse, the End of Being, Upon Us

Posted on By Dr. Glen Barry 18 Comments on Global Biosphere Collapse, the End of Being, Upon Us

Miraculous nature is being murdered. Everywhere we look inequitable over-consumption is devastating the natural ecosystems that sustain a living Earth. Together we yield to ecological truth – personally embracing a global ecology ethic, and demanding others do so as well – or we all needlessly die at each others’ throats as the global ecological system…

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The Sheer Terror of Looming Biosphere Collapse

Posted on By Dr. Glen Barry 18 Comments on The Sheer Terror of Looming Biosphere Collapse

The global ecological system is collapsing and dying as humanity overruns natural ecosystems and the climate. We are entering an age of unrelenting violence and suffering, prior to biosphere collapse and the end of being, unless dramatic social change based upon a global ecology ethic arises quickly. Earth Meanders, by Dr. Glen Barry Humans evolved…

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Open Letter: Post Keystone Win, Time to End Natural Forest Logging

Posted on By Dr. Glen Barry 12 Comments on Open Letter: Post Keystone Win, Time to End Natural Forest Logging

An open letter/essay addressed to climate change luminaries Bill McKibben of 350.org and Michael Brune of the Sierra Club: After yesterday’s significant yet symbolic Keystone pipeline victory, not only must the climate movement demand an end to old-growth forest logging; it is time to speak of ending all natural forest logging to limit climate change…

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