At the recent Davos (which is steadily declining but still exists…) a “round table” discussion took place regarding the future of global water management – which, because it was provocative …
the defense of nature: resisting the financialization of the Earth
The following text can be read as a continuation of the one titled “life at the butcher’s counter“. With a different focus, they show the same thing: how the so-called …
life at the butcher’s counter
After years of confrontations and interstate disagreements, the majority of member states of the “assembly” of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Convention on Biodiversity / COB) adopted [last November] …
Rewards…
It had a somewhat loose form (it was, after all, a trial…) but a fairly tight grasp: if you behave in an environmentally friendly way, then you will be rewarded. …
token: the capitalism of representations
…A cryptocurrency coin is simply a digital currency, created to facilitate payments. Coins are created to function as money, in other words, they represent a unit of account, a store …
Geomechanics: now who (will be) are the conspiracy theorists?
While the term “climate change” is familiar, the term “geoengineering” is still relatively new. Yet: it emerges as the “remedy” or, at least, one of them…More than 4 years ago …
Anthropocene?
Trying to document whether “human activities” (where “human” means capitalist) have affected the planet to such an extent that a “new epoch” can be defined for it, geologists (and perhaps …
Carbon footprint
The mythical “climate change” is a difficult trick for obedience and population control: it appears distant, even though demagogues shout that the slightest deviation from the artificial aquarium temperature, the …
The hidden side of the ecological transition
Machines that perform calculations with complex algorithms, based on large amounts of data and extract smart-looking answers, are not only fed by the fragmented knowledge of their creators, but also …
A very peppy poplar
A biotechnology company in California that aims to create fast-growing trees that can quickly absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide announced its first experimental results: the company’s genetically enhanced poplars grew more …
Geoengineering: the most controversial solutions explained
Depending on whom you ask, geoengineering is either a threat to serious climate action, a distant backup plan, or a necessary part of today’s climate policy. Everyone would agree that …
15 minutes: instructions for the creative destruction of cities
It is presented as one of the ambitious (often monstrous) “solutions to the climate crisis”… But its advocates talk about anything else except the “climate crisis” and how this plan …