Mother Pelican: May 2025

Another huge collection of articles relating to the words “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society” [said in the1980s !!!] Grateful to receive pointers to any articles you feel are of  particular importance in our own situation. Yours, Peter

———- Forwarded message ———
From: Luis Gutierrez <the.pelican.web@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 at 05:01
Subject: Mother Pelican ~ May 2025
To: solidarity-sustainability group <solidarity-sustainability@googlegroups.com>

Vol. 21, No. 5, May 2025
Chaotic Transition from Growth to Post-Growth

CONTENTS: Significant Research and Forthcoming Events

Future Sustainability: Ten Systemic Challenges Outlined – Clifton Ware

Rethinking Science, Reclaiming Wisdom – Art Berman

A Different “Abundance Agenda”: Avoiding Delusions and Diversions – Robert Jensen

Collapse: What Would Grok Do? – Ugo Bardi

The Collapse of the American Empire – Ugo Bardi

Crapitalism: Psychoanalysis and the Profit Motive – James K. Rowe

Maximum Power Principle, Minimum Human Awareness – Art Berman

Pro-Growth Future Visions ~ Modernity’s Pro-growth Influences, Ecomodernism, Green Growth, and Techno-Utopianism – Clifton Ware

De-Growth ~ Transitional Future Visions ~ Post-Capitalism, Eco-socialism, Simplicity, Prospective De-Growth Impacts – Clifton Ware

Appalachia, Country Music, and American Politics – Brian Lloyd

America First: Can It Be Squared With Proposed ‘Annexation’ of Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal? – Kurt Cobb

Trump, Tariffs, Canada, and the Politics of Discontent – Andrew Nikiforuk

The End of Big Solutions – Richard Heinberg

A Guide to the 4 Minerals Shaping the World’s Energy Future – Jake Bittle

The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis – John Feffer

Racing Toward Collapse: How Our Fear of Limits Drives Us Off A Cliff – Daniel Netzl

The Structure of Geopolitical Revolutions – Art Berman

Is 100 Years of Cheap Food Coming to an End? – Gunnar Rundgren

Peak and Fall: The Global Population Reversal Unfolds – Ugo Bardi

The Threat That Shall Not Be Named – Erik Assadourian

How People Get Ready ~ Building the Commons in Working-class Communities Is Key to Collapse Preparation – Jem Bendell

Guide to Becoming an Environmental Leader and Inspiring the Next Generation of Eco-Defenders – Sam Davis

The People’s Network for Land and Liberation Is Building Alternatives to the Current ‘War-and-Empire Global Economy’ – Damon Orion

There are two supplements:  
Critique of Religious Patriarchy and Simulations of Transition Dynamics.

There is also an annotated archive with links to all articles published since May 2005.

Human development in harmony with nature is the existential challenge of our time. The mission of this journal is to foster human development in an integral ecology. You are invited to submit comments, suggestions, and articles for publication. Deadline is the 15th of the month to be considered for the following month. 

Sincerely,Luis
Luis T. Gutiérrez
Editor, Mother Pelican Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability