A significant gathering of analyses of debt and degrowth
Identifying particular contributions is helpful to our network. Peter
———- Forwarded message ———
From: Luis Gutierrez <the.pelican.web@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 at 05:02
Subject: Mother Pelican ~ February 2026
To: solidarity-sustainability group <solidarity-sustainability@googlegroups.com>
Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability
Vol. 22, No. 2, February 2026
Resilience During De-Growth
The process of grabbing natural resources by bully nations is not new, but is now visibly accelerating on a global scale. Ecosystems are collapsing. A transition from growth to de-growth and post-growth is inevitable. Building personal and community resilience during de-growth is key.
This edition includes several articles on critical issues of social and ecological justice, and supplements on human relations and global transition scenarios. The sequence of articles follows the see ~ judge ~ act pattern (more or less, with some overlaps) and it is becoming increasingly clear that the forthcoming transition from growth to post-growth is not likely to be fair and peaceful if global population and consumption keep growing. Can most humans adapt to supply constraints? Peacefully?
SEEING
GEO-7 ~ Major UN Report Highlights Overpopulation and Overconsumption, Need for Profound Transformation
Olivia Nater
Aurelio Peccei’s Last Words ~ A Message of Hope from the Founder of the Club of Rome
Ugo Bardi
2026: Expect a Very Uneven World Economic Downturn
Gail Tverberg
The Record of Donald Trump’s First Year in Office: Few Achievements, but Much Division, Destruction, and Aggression
Rodrigue Tremblay
Venezuela and Greenland: ‘Smash-and-grab’ Diplomacy in the Age of Scarcity
Kurt Cobb
Food Supply, Population Growth, and Ecological Overshoot
Steven Earl Salmony
The Western Mythos ~ Our Monsters Spawn: Part I
Kevin R. Nelson
The Unraveling Order ~ What Might Grow in the Cracks of Hegemony?
Pieter de Beer
JUDGING
The Age of Humachines: Big Tech and the Battle for Humanity’s Future
Clifton Ware
Trump and Pump: Another Oil Quagmire
David Schultz
Why Collapse Is Inevitable ~ Part 2: The Age of Emergent Biophysical Disasters and Cultural Pathologies
William E. Rees
Why Collapse Is Inevitable ~ Part 3: Modern Techno-Industrial Culture As Mega-Psychopath
William E. Rees
Why Civilisations Collapse: The Existential Paradox of Innovation
George Tsakraklides
The Fusion Future that May Never Arrive
Kurt Cobb
Greenland Is Rich in Natural Resources ~ A Geologist Explains Why
Jonathan Paul
The Race to the Bottom
Art Berman
ACTING
Nourishing the Bioregional Economy: Essential Resources
Richard Heinberg
The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill
Alex Crisp
Transforming Finance and the Economy for Real Sustainability
Steven Earl Salmony
For Earth and All Life: Investing in Land, Water, and Air
Glen Barry
A Political Strategy for Degrowth
Vlad Bunea
Using Boycotts and Our Buying Decisions to Bring Change
Rob Harrison
Why Restoring Nature Can Work So Much More Effectively When Led by Local People
Neil Dawson, Adrian Martin, Iokiñe Rodríguez
Education for Post-Growth: What Remains Unresolved—and Why It Matters
Luis Antonio González Santos
SUPPLEMENTS
Meditations on Man and Woman, Humanity and Nature
Dynamics of Growth, De-Growth, and Post-Growth
There is 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 within the limits of 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, PhDEditor, Mother Pelican Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability
