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“The Quartermaster’s Report / Volume 3” is Now Available! Free!
This Spaceship Earth has published “The Quartermaster’s Report – Volume 3”. It is available for free download on our website. Here is the direct link to choose between an EPUB or PDF format: https://thisspaceshipearth.org/climate-change/quartermasters-reports/ In the golden era of sea exploration and empire building, the Quartermaster was the officer on a ship […]
Oregon Reduces eWaste with Right-to-Repair Bill
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the newest and toughest right-to-repair act in the U.S. This is the fourth such state law in the country, and it goes even further than California’s, in particular by resisting Apple’s lobbying to ban the use of “parts pairing” to hinder independent repair services. Parts pairing is […]
What Motivates People to Act Sustainably?
The central question of my upcoming book, Our Journey to Sustainability, has been “What motivates people to act on behalf of the planet.” Here was my conundrum. After interviewing sixty people who are actually making a difference and collecting a like number of stories from other sources, I still hadn’t succinctly answered my question. […]
The Road Not Taken
I ran across a music video on YouTube last night. It was produced in 1987 by an Australian band named Midnight Oil. The song (you may remember it) is “Beds Are Burning”. It resonated with me because of the recent fires in Australia. It seems eerily prescient now. “How do we sleep while our […]
Building Community Climate Resilience
Local communities come together to recover from disasters. It is human nature to help when we see others in distress. We’ve all seen it dozens of times. Strangers pitch in together and lift a car that has pinned a woman. People go door to door after a hurricane to find those who need assistance. The […]
Adaptation and Regeneration
To support the shift from an extract/manufacture/toss linear economy to a zero carbon/methane/waste circular economy, we must support natural processes and leave more room for nature to thrive. Sustainability and reducing emissions are no longer enough. We’ve run out of time. We now need to focus on actively improving Spaceship Earth’s ecosystem via Regeneration. […]
An Inflection Point and the Metamorphosis of Thought
The first Quartermaster’s Report, compiled by myself, was published in the book I wrote (This Spaceship Earth) with futurist David Houle. The second Quartermaster’s Report (QMR) was published in 2023 in the book (Now That You Know) researched and written by the team at This Spaceship Earth (the non-profit). The latest update of the […]
Systems Change Isn’t Easy, Yet It’s Required
More people are beginning to perceive the root of the problem in our misguided value system, and they are searching for new values and new ways of living. Many now understand the need for an awakening to a new consciousness. At This Spaceship Earth we call this new consciousness “crew consciousness”. That is thinking and […]
Parts of Spaceship Earth are Becoming Uninsurable
The rate of climate change surged alarmingly over the past decade, posing a ‘code red’ emergency for the world and the insurance industry. $122 billion total insured losses worldwide from weather-related natural catastrophes in 2023. (Swiss RE) 250% rise in economic losses over the past three decades due to climate change. (Capgemini) […]
Corporations can help address e-waste, but the culture must change first
How can we change a corporate IT culture that encourages B2B buyers to solve every problem with a new purchase instead of improving or simply maintaining the software or hardware they’ve already invested in? Chief technology officers are faced with a difficult dilemma worldwide. They understand and acknowledge the environmental damage caused by filling […]
