San Jose has the highest GDP per capita in the U.S. Its bloated "information economy" is way unsustainable and grossly inequitable. Alix Underwood reveals the details in this week’s Steady State Herald. steadystate.org/san-jose-an-in…

The world desperately needs "behavior change" in high-income countries. In this week's Steady State Herald, Alixandra Underwood promotes an approach to international development that accounts for the other side of the coin. steadystate.org/whose-behavior…

The Last Green Valley is a natural and cultural oasis in the 500-mile-long BosWash Megaregion. Dave Rollo shares local perspectives on keeping this treasure “green by day and dark by night.” steadystate.org/defending-the-…

The funders of #nonprofits amass their wealth from the very economic system driving us toward #collapse. Will they "bite the hand that feeds them" and fund economic systems change? CASSE's Kali Young explores the paradoxical world of #philanthropy... steadystate.org/will-the-stead…

Book of the Year! We nominate The Age of Humachines: Big Tech and the Battle for Humanity’s Future. This tour de force by Michael D.B. Harvey will prime you on AI, robotics, "humachination," and hyper-capitalist Big Tech. Disturbing but a must-read! steadystate.org/the-age-of-hum…

Low-carbon energy presents a conservation dilemma. It impacts wildlife, but climate change poses even greater threats. Alixandra Underwood argues that wildlife professionals should ALSO champion reducing energy consumption. #conservation #Renewables steadystate.org/a-two-pronged-…

In the Madre de Dios of Peru, local organization CINCIA is working WITH gold miners toward economic diversification. Alixandra Underwood reflects on the global demand driving #gold mining and what it takes to support producer transitions. #ASGM #MadredeDios steadystate.org/peruvian-gold-…

Despite the unfolding genocide, the U.S. continues to provide Israel with billions in military aid. U.S. defense corporations like The Boeing Company and General Dynamics Corporation (and their millionaire CEOs) ultimately receive this "aid." #MilitaryIndustrialComplex steadystate.org/economic-incen…

In this week's Steady State Herald, Kali Young explores corporate "conservation" philanthropy. Corporations fell billions of trees each year. When they then donate to conservation, is the net effect positive? #ConservationFunding #ConflictofInterest steadystate.org/corporate-cons…

At #FFD4Sevilla, wealthy countries blocked a legally binding debt framework. But the Global South's soaring interest payments are urgently unsustainable. With insights from an Oxfam International expert, Alixandra Underwood explores what it will take to share Earth's wealth. steadystate.org/no-steady-stat…

Thrilled to be in this week's #SEJSpotlight!

#IndigenousResistance to "clean" energy projects, including mining and dams, is not an opposition to progress. It is a defense of ways of life that have enabled #AmazonConservation for millennia. Read Mauricio López of PUAM in this week's Herald. steadystate.org/greenwashing-i…