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Platypus - Orion Magazine On contradictions and cryptids

Can an animal be a group project? Because with the body of an otter, the bill of a duck, and a rooster's set of spurs (tipped in venom for males!), the platypus definitely qualifies.

Kathleen Yale on a mammal so unbelievable that upon first sight, some European naturalists thought it was a cryptid.

“we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species.”

February 2026 — Brief Ecology Theory and Praxis

In this month's Notes from a Radical Ecologist, @jonofgreenjuice.bsky.social gives us an insight into how @nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social are bringing public power to NYC by greening schools:

"The Green Schools to Public Power Pipeline" 👇
www.briefecology.com/the-eco-upda...

The war raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo : State of the World from NPR It is a war for control over some of the world’s richest mineral reserves and the violence is heightened by long-standing ethnic and political tensions. In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, go...

It is a war for control over some of the world’s richest mineral reserves which provide the "critical minerals" required for all aspects of the modern technological infrastructures. And although the violence is heightened by long-standing ethnic and political tensions, it is primarily about profit.

If done right, tech and an ecologically aware culture are compatible. But that’s a massive IF!

Another excellent Substack from Grace. A better world is possible…

Don’t think so, my friend. Tipping points, thresholds, and all the fun stuff. The bridge is out and the train is rolling at max speed…

If stay on message was a person 😂🤣

Yo, this hits hard. #truth

Just in case we forget. #bloom

Acceleration hotspots of North American birds’ decline are associated with agriculture Human activities might have accelerated declines of population abundance, but this acceleration remains underexplored. Using 1033 North American Breeding Bird Survey routes, we analyze abundance chang...

Thrilled to share our new paper out in @science.org, led by François Leroy and Petr Keil! Using the Breeding Bird Survey, we document not only a continent-wide decline in bird abundance since the 1980s — but, crucially, the acceleration of these declines over time. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If the planet was governed as a commons the tragedy of mismanagement by private interests could be ameliorated, and collective — which is to say directly democratic — management of resources might lead to contraction of private interest and an expansion of common good.

Tragedy of the Non-Commons Symptoms, Patterns, and Drivers in an Anti-Social World Order

Maybe it’s time for a little more commons, and commoning — as a process of collaborative collective organization? Maybe it’s time to cultivate our most pro-social capacities?

Introduction to gray sky thinking The standard assumption about the future is that it will resemble the past.

The default assumption that the future will resemble the past is dangerous. This short article introduces “gray sky thinking” as a framework for conceptualizing existential risk without continuity bias: grayskythinking.substack.com/p/introducti...

The Abundance Gang Has a Big AI Problem The faddish political movement’s ties to industry figures may help attract funding, but it comes with a political cost.

This is a brilliant @dylangyauchl.bsky.social essay in @newrepublic.com about why the 'abundance agenda' people spend way, way more time helping big tech and data centres than they do helping enable transit, more housing and clean energy - packed with LOTS of good info

The Biodiversity Bulletin — Brief Ecology

Our latest Biodiversity Bulletin is out:

🌎 Biodiversity Warnings
🦈 Antarctic Shark Sightings
♻️ Plastic Poisoning
👇 And plenty more

www.briefecology.com/the-biodiver...

Tragedy of the Non-Commons Symptoms, Patterns, and Drivers in an Anti-Social World Order

Maybe it’s time for a little more commons, and commoning — as a process of collaborative collective organization? Maybe it’s time to cultivate our most pro-social capacities?

YouTube video by Joshua Citarella David Wengrow: The History of Human Civilization | Doomscroll

One of the things that annoys me the most about Graham Hancock is that his pseudo-archeology distracts from important conversations we should be having about ancient people. Many ancient peoples were very socially complex by modern standards.

This interview is a necessary correction to Hancock.

Restoration Work Delivers Significant Economic Benefits — Oldman Watershed Council If you have been following the work of the OWC, you may have noticed that we invest significant time and effort in restoring Alberta’s landscapes with our many partners—planting willows on streambanks to reduce erosion, building beaver dam analogues, installing wattle fencing, removing invasive plan

The Oldman Watershed Council released an informative blog post analyzing the Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program & how it benefits our province. Findings show that restoration projects funded through the WRRP are delivering hundreds of millions in annual benefits.

https://ow.ly/wCI850YkkQj

The Alberta Coalition for Watershed Security has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to support the development of three complementary research and policy resources focused on watershed security and natural infrastructure in Alberta.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/NLo650Yhfra

How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance - LSE Review of Books Kai Heron, Keir Milburn & Bertie Russell's Radical Abundance calls for a transition from capitalism to a “radical abundance” that benefits people & the planet.

How can we protect democracy from capital, not the other way around?

Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Looking for podcast co-hosts interested in talking to interesting humans about adaptive responsive to the metacrisis from a collapse-aware perspective…

Hit me up in the DMs if you have questions.

Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities Full open-access volume Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities (2026), edited by Emily Brownell.

New #EnvHum book! Read Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities by Emily Brownell for free on our Environment & Society Portal. This is sure to come in handy for lecturers in the field.

Water Security,
Food Security,
National Security ,
SECURITY.

The risk/security framing is anthrocentric, but could be gateway to breaking down denial and delusion re: the escalating ecological catastrophe.

Whatever people need to absorb information and change behaviour?

New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>

floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

Five forces reshaping food systems in 2026 Rather than a shared global vision, food systems are being reorganised around national insurance against external shocks, security and geopolitical alignment. How is this shift reshaping who eats,…

5 forces reshaping food systems in 2026: Aid redesign amid scarcity; defence budgets crowd out food/climate ; trade & compliance rules squeeze small producers; “stable” prices ≠ resilience; philanthropy can’t replace public investment. odi.org/en/insights/...

This is figure 3, which shows a global overview of commodity-driven deforestation and carbon emissions from DeDuCE (2001–2022).

Rice, maize, and cassava crops cumulatively account for approximately 11% of total global deforestation — exceeding that of cocoa, coffee, and rubber — according to an analysis between 2001 and 2022, published in Nature Food. go.nature.com/4rFhqCS #foodstudies 🌍 🧪

Gardening For Biodiversity - Nature Canada Discover free, fact-based biodiversity gardening guides curated by Ecological Design Lab, Nature Canada & FLAP Canada. Learn naturalization, debunk myths, and create bird-friendly habitats.

Gardening For Biodiversity : naturecanada.ca/defend-natur...

The West’s Winter Has Been a Slow-Moving Catastrophe Without snow in the mountains, the places that depend on the West’s rivers will hurt for water.

The real slow-moving catastrophe began with the Industrial Revolution when we started rearranging atmosphere, water, and energy flows faster than Earth systems could absorb.

We’re unable to perceive incremental change.
Until suddenly it isn’t incremental anymore.

Heat Pumps and Local Governments - Climate Caucus Open to local elected leaders in BC

❄️ Heat Pumps & Local Governments: Accelerating the Transition

BC municipalities have an opportunity to move toward efficient, low-carbon heating and cooling. Join Jessica McIlroy @pembina.org and Betsy Agar, Efficiency Canada to learn more.

📅 Friday, March 6
🔗 climatecaucus.ca/event/heat-p...