MAHB Newsletter for October 2023

Greetings to the MAHB Community,   

Check out what’s happening: A new, peer-reviewed paper reveals the behavioral crisis driving ecological overshoot; watch Dave Gardner’s video on how to shrink America’s overshoot, and read a book review of Maddalena Bearzi’s Stranded on how to find wilderness in your backyard.

There is also a new art exhibition on Community Resilience and Education on October 31, hosted by Christina Conklin, Michele Guieu, and Christopher Losa at the Deep Transformation Network.

Read October’s blogs on why we should limit total food production (hint: we already produce plenty), the cost-effectiveness of carbon dioxide removal methods (and why the least effective get the most funding), an art piece exploring feminine artistic practice, and an interview with MAHB Executive Director Joan Diamond on how can we navigate the choppy waters our species has whipped up.

Our resources include an article on why plastic recycling is practically impossible; a paper on how a group of older women has taken the Swiss government to court over its inaction on climate change (includes six lessons for researchers); new links between sustainability, population, and reproductive ethics; how Europe’s biggest river restoration project is making waves; a UN investigation on whether international investment agreements compromise action on climate change; a paper on how the international community should respond to water-related conflicts such as the destruction of the Kakhovkha dam in the Russia-Ukraine war; an article on how diversified farms can support forest biodiversity (paper available), and a call for conservation biologists to advocate a smaller human population to protect the Earth’s remaining biodiversity.

Watch or listen to the Planet: Critical podcast with Bill Ryerson on how TV can slow birthrates and Nate Hagens’ podcast with conservation scientist Nick Haddad on the silent extinction of insects—and why that matters.

Head to the Arts Section for the What’s Next for Earth Community Resilience and Education Exhibition that opened this month.

Don’t forget to check out the latest MAHB announcements here.

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