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14 Bizare Consequences of Climate Change

Let’s face it — grappling with the reality of climate change is no easy feat. At this point, the best coping mechanism might just be laughing through what feels like impending doom. Science even backs this idea of laughing in the face of adversity. Turns out, humor can serve as a powerful tool to alleviate […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 27, 2025

The urban miners unearthing treasure in Belgium’s homes and garages

As the historic town of Leuven strives to become carbon neutral, it is transforming how its building are made – and demolished. Are there lessons for the rest of the world? Kelly Sempels’ dad was a builder, most of her five brothers are builders, and, until leaving her last job, she too was a builder. […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on March 20, 2025

Dear Climate Therapist: Am I losing it, or is the world?

How to cope when the goalposts of ‘normal’ keep moving There’s a breaking apart happening—not just in political fractures, but in something harder to name: the slow erosion of trust, the disorientation of watching so many people behave as though they don’t possess a basic sense of right from wrong, which way is up, or […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 18, 2025

CLIMATE ACTION EARTH, WATER, AND FIRE

HOW FARMERS, FISHERMAN, AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE EMBRACING RENEWABLE ENERGY When the conversation turns to renewable energy, the focus is often on energy companies swapping out fossil fuels for wind, or homeowners opting for solar. But what exactly does the transition to renewables look like beyond wind farms and rooftop solar? Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 13, 2025

Can Visualisation Save the World?

Can we help to save the world by applying landscape visualisations to the urgent issues of changing policy and behaviour, in order to motivate action on stabilizing climate change and adapting to its inevitable impacts? Landscape visualisation exhibits several characteristics which could be powerful in bringing consequences of climate change home to people. Landscape visualisation […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on February 14, 2025

The Good Ancestor

There is an Apache saying, “We do not inherit the land from ancestors; we borrow it from our children,“ Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on January 25, 2025

Shaping cities of the future to be inclusive, sustainable and resilient

URBAN TRANSFORMATION. But time is of the essence, and the cities of tomorrow will be shaped by decisions made today. The building of resilient, equitable and sustainable urban environments requires a new type of city leadership that champions a transformative approach that goes way beyond traditional urban management. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on January 9, 2025

Deep Ecology

Each Deep Ecology initiative is a gathering of inter-national coalitions in specific geographies for intensive sessions: history, cultural exchange, campaigning and direct action, research and education, health-restoration, are some of the myriad goals of our work in Deep Ecology. Slow Factory is building power across communities of the Global Majority to design collective liberation by […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on December 25, 2024