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A Stranger in Paradise: On Our Relationship to Nature

In the day, the forest and I were one. I was an animal in an animal’s habitat. In the night, I was an unwelcome human being in a bustling community of other-than-human beings.

Posted byJohn HalsteadAugust 27, 2022April 17, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:divinity, more-than-human, nature, other-than-humanLeave a comment on A Stranger in Paradise: On Our Relationship to Nature

Shoutout on Grist

"Pagan environmental activist John Halstead argued in his 2019 book, Another End of the World is Possible, that we need to abandon the obsessive focus on growth and capitalism that has driven us to the brink of collapse."

Posted byJohn HalsteadAugust 24, 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:another end of the world is possible, Jim Bendell, Michael Dowd, Timothy Beal, When Time is ShortLeave a comment on Shoutout on Grist

5 Reasons Not to Predict the End of the World

So you want to talk about the end of the world without sounding like a crank? Rule #1 should be: Don't predict when it will happen.

Posted byJohn HalsteadAugust 21, 2022August 21, 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:collapse, end of the world, post doom, predictionsLeave a comment on 5 Reasons Not to Predict the End of the World

Why I Changed My Mind About Guns

Once again, my progressive friends are organizing to protest for guns control. I understand the impulse. But I won't be joining them this time.

Posted byJohn HalsteadJuly 17, 2022July 17, 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:anarchism., gun control, guns3 Comments on Why I Changed My Mind About Guns

Just Listen

Connecting with a place or the other-than-human being who inhabit a place happens the same way as connecting to another human being ...

Posted byJohn HalsteadJune 7, 2022March 23, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:animism, listening, nature, relationship5 Comments on Just Listen

A Philosopher for the Apocalypse

"Despite increasing media representation of these threats, we live in what Anders called ‘the age of the inability to be afraid."

Posted byJohn HalsteadMay 29, 2022May 29, 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:apocalypse, Gunther Anders, technologyLeave a comment on A Philosopher for the Apocalypse

COVID Scared Me Into Forgetting My Anarchist Principles

I am concerned about the drift toward authoritarian, even totalitarian (through the use of technology), control implied by COVID restrictions.

Posted byJohn HalsteadMarch 3, 2022March 23, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:anarchism, authoritarianism, COVID, vaccination6 Comments on COVID Scared Me Into Forgetting My Anarchist Principles

Apocalypse Burnout

To a certain extent, the anxiety that we experience when contemplating the "end of the world as we know it", is a function of privilege.

Posted byJohn HalsteadFebruary 26, 2022May 28, 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:burnout, end of the world, privilegeLeave a comment on Apocalypse Burnout

What to Watch (and not) after “Don’t Look Up”

My recommendations for what apocalyptic movies to watch (and not watch)

Posted byJohn HalsteadJanuary 30, 2022Posted inUncategorized6 Comments on What to Watch (and not) after “Don’t Look Up”

What “Don’t Look Up” Gets Right and Wrong

The climate catastrophe is really nothing at all like a comet.

Posted byJohn HalsteadJanuary 16, 2022August 27, 2022Posted inUncategorized3 Comments on What “Don’t Look Up” Gets Right and Wrong

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