George Monbiot: Embarrassment of Riches
Every day, private jets take off from London carrying a single passenger, mostly flying to Russia and the US. Each of them is filled with 32,000 litres of fuel. That’s as much fossil energy as a small African town might use in a year.
Sandy Solomon — Little Letter to the Future: Die Off
From the new year, dolphins began dying
by the thousands, and those were the ones we saw,
their bodies washed up on the beaches…
Sarah Gordon: Apertures: Andalusia
Outside, it’s early evening,
the bats lilt through the air
as though they are beautiful.
They are small black doors
into the dark.
Video: Travelers in the Night
Working the lonely late shift, a gas station cashier shares a silly moment with a special kind of stranger.
Video: Entre Ciel Et Terre (Between the Earth and the Sky)
There are only a few regions in the world where the skies meet the Earth with almost no distinction between the two. La Palma in the Canary islands is one of them.
Sam Hamill: After Morning Rain
It is September, the end of summer.
My backyard maples turning orange
and red and gold.
Abby Zimet: People Have The Power
For a break from the madness and slime, here’s ever-cool Patti Smith joining the fabulous Choir! Choir! Choir! who transform crowds of strangers into a joyful, impromptu, powerful community in the name of “leveraging music as a global language.”
Julia Paley: The End of Asylum?
Trump’s asylum ban and kangaroo tent courts threaten to destroy a pillar of international humanitarian law. What can we do?
Baruch November: Beard 16
Most Hebrew Schools cut the Song of Songs
out of the classrooms.
I would have liked to learn how thighs can be of gold
Majid Naficy: Two Lovers
I still hear
The sound of your laughter
On that summer morning
Chris Hedges: Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites
The ruling elites and the corporations they serve are the principal obstacles to change. They cannot be reformed. And this means revolution, which is what Extinction Rebellion seeks in calling for an “international rebellion” on Oct. 7, when it will attempt to shut down city centers around the globe in acts of sustained, mass civil disobedience.
Sally Bliumis-Dunn: Right Whales
they said it took weeks
for the whale to die deep below the surface
Jose Padua: On the Loving Grace of Well-Oiled Machines
but maybe that’s how
patriarchy works,
so fast and efficient
when it comes to killing,
so in love with the magic
of finding beautiful new worlds
to destroy
Stephanie Van Hook: Beyond Coping — How to Find the Strength to Take on Climate Change
Our emotional energy can be a source of power.
