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The Problem with Limits
On self-limitation vs. external limits
Jan 13
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How to Shut Off An Oil Pipeline
Radical Role Models: The Valve Turners
Jan 9
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Max Wilbert
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I'm sick
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Jan 6
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What Have You Done For Your Land This Week?
Action is prayer.
Jan 2
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Woman at War
A fictional tale of militant action against industrial infrastructure
Dec 30, 2025
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Most Popular
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Meet the Native American Mother Being Sued by a Multinational Corporation
Dec 10, 2024
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Tesla is Killing the Planet
Jan 28, 2025
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How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bulldozer
Apr 9, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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Are We Doomed?
Feb 16, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Biocentrism
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The Problem with Limits
On self-limitation vs. external limits
Jan 13
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Max Wilbert
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7:20
What Have You Done For Your Land This Week?
Action is prayer.
Jan 2
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Max Wilbert
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A Beautiful Morning on a Dying River
Join me for this ecology walk and talk discussing the endangered species act, species boundaries, threats to the Columbia River, and more
Dec 5, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Land Will Heal — If We Give it a Chance
On the hope of restoration and the threats even "protected" lands face
Nov 21, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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5 Steps for Listening to the Land
The land speaks. Are you listening?
Oct 24, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Join My Live Stream
A brief break from our normal programming
Aug 13, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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A Love Letter to My Old Home
What does it mean to fall in love with the land?
Mar 7, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Are We Doomed?
On fear, faith, and action in the midst of terrible destruction.
Feb 16, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Collapse
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This Forest is Threatened by Trump's Pro-Logging Policy
On the need for a reinvigorated forest defense movement
Dec 9, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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"But We Can't Go Backwards!"
When you're heading in the wrong direction, progress means turning around
Nov 11, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Indicators of Ecological Collapse
A detailed accounting of the facts of the polycrisis
Nov 7, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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When the War Comes Home: Seattle as Gaza
Grappling with the scale of genocide and the weight of unequal lives
Oct 5, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Decolonizing the Degrowth Movement's Imaginary of Technology
A call for Butlerian Jihad
Jul 31, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The U.S. Just Bombed Iran
The illusion of democracy shatters in wartime
Jun 22, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Collapse of Civilization is Ongoing. There's a Lot to Like About That.
22 reflections, resources, and readings
May 6, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Remembering the Lost Giants
Reflecting on shifting baseline syndrome and the fact that redwoods aren't the tallest trees on Earth: they're the tallest which haven't been logged.
Dec 3, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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Greenwashing
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Imperial Violence and Greenwashing in the Era of Climate Collapse with Aashis Joshi
"Change is coming no matter what, and it's going to be cataclysmic — but there are opportunities here, despite this grim prognosis."
Nov 14, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Email
The mainstream environmental movement has no fucking clue...
Oct 28, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Tesla is Killing the Planet
The corporation's emissions are responsible for 50,000 future deaths from global warming per year.
Jan 28, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Efficiency is (Often) Bad For the Planet
Jevons Paradox and the Failure of The Energy Transition
Oct 26, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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Green Jobs or Greenwashing?
Unequal exchange, extractivism, and colonialism in the new energy economy
Oct 4, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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120 Questions About Offshore Wind Energy
“Unknown and potentially catastrophic effects on the ecosystem"
Jun 14, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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Oregon is Facing Largest Energy Development Threat in Generations
The federal government is planning to build hundreds of Empire State Building sized wind turbines off our coast, with unknown risks to ocean life
Jun 3, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bulldozer
The mainstream environmental movement is unintentionally re-creating Dr. Strangelove, a cautionary tale about the perils of unexamined beliefs and one…
Apr 9, 2024
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Resistance
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How to Shut Off An Oil Pipeline
Radical Role Models: The Valve Turners
Jan 9
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Max Wilbert
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Woman at War
A fictional tale of militant action against industrial infrastructure
Dec 30, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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We're Fucked, Let's Escalate
On the path to ecological revolution
Dec 20, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Defending 2,000-Year-Old Forests w/ Elder Bill Jones and Will O'Connell
Voices from the front lines of a forest defense movement currently blocking old-growth logging in Western Canada
Dec 16, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Refugee Crisis is a Crisis of Imperialism and Ecocide
The global north is weaponizing the ramifications of their own colonial adventurism and ecological overreach, leveraging racism to fuel a rising tide of…
Nov 28, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Radical Role Models: Steve Biko
"I Write What I Like" and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Oct 8, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Treesit Ends in Likely Victory Despite Attack by Vigilantes
But Washington State just betrayed all their forest protection promises
Sep 8, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Radical Role Models: Weibo Ludwig, Self Sufficient Eco-Saboteur
Ludwig waged war against the oil and gas industry following the poisoning of his family. The documentary that tells his story is free to watch for…
Aug 28, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Training
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Technological Somnambulism and the Failure of the Scientific Imagination
A discussion with "Scientists Rebellion" on movement strategy
Dec 12, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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You Need to Build Political Relationships
Creating a culture of resistance means investing in political relationships and and affinity groups
Dec 2, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The 9 Rules of Security Culture
This is how we keep ourselves safer and more effective in the face of repression, surveillance, and rising fascism
Nov 4, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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We Must Understand Repression to Be Able to Resist It
A primer on COINTELPRO, surveillance, and how our movements are attacked and undermined
Oct 31, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Fight for Thacker Pass
A timeline of the battle that, for me, was not just a fight for one place, but for the soul of the environmental movement
Oct 18, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Activism is Being Outlawed. Here's How to Keep Ourselves Safe While Continuing the Fight.
Thoughts on security culture, recommended resources, and the latest news
Sep 26, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Robin Hood Was Right. Shadow Libraries Are Too.
Ethical hacking, piracy, and rebellion against capitalism
Sep 18, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Best Way to Contain Resistance is to Control It
What counterinsurgency doctrine can teach us about controlled opposition and co-opting resistance
Aug 19, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Protect Thacker Pass
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The Fight for Thacker Pass
A timeline of the battle that, for me, was not just a fight for one place, but for the soul of the environmental movement
Oct 18, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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More Lithium Greenwashing in Nevada
Are a series of new lithium-battery projects in Nevada a disaster waiting to happen?
Jun 30, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Lithium Nevada is Planning to Double the Size of the Thacker Pass Mine
The failure of public processes for democratic input, rising corporate power, and the links between the U.S. mining industry and genocide in Gaza
Jun 3, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Meet the Uncle, Author, and Community Organizer Being Sued by a Mining Company
“I keep fighting to make a better world, because I love my family, my community, and our world.”
Mar 15, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Cost of a Battery
In Nevada’s Thacker Pass, will ancient stone become lithium become batteries become money? Will 16 million years of sacred silence be shattered?
Feb 5, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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This Poet and Tribal Attorney is Being Sued by a Mining Company
“Protecting Peehee Mu’huh is an act of love and gratitude.”
Jan 15, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Meet the Native American Mother Being Sued by a Multinational Corporation
“I'm just a Native mom who disagrees with open pit mining on my ancestral homeland.”
Dec 10, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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This Native Elder is Being Sued by a Mining Company
“We used the lawsuit papers in our sweat fire”
Nov 20, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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Behind The Scenes
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I'm sick
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Jan 6
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Max Wilbert
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Biocentric News from Behind-The-Scenes
24 reflections, resources, articles, updates, and videos
Nov 25, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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Indicators of Ecological Collapse
A detailed accounting of the facts of the polycrisis
Nov 7, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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28:55
Activism is Being Outlawed. Here's How to Keep Ourselves Safe While Continuing the Fight.
Thoughts on security culture, recommended resources, and the latest news
Sep 26, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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I'm Giving Away Copies of My First Book
Upcoming events, recent interviews, reflections on recent readings, and a giveaway
Jul 18, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Collapse of Civilization is Ongoing. There's a Lot to Like About That.
22 reflections, resources, and readings
May 6, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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17 Behind-The-Scenes Updates
Thoughts, recommended reading, and projects
Mar 1, 2025
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Max Wilbert
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The Green Mosaic: Reflections, Reads, and Reviews
Interviews, project updates, campaign news, and more
Dec 26, 2024
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Max Wilbert
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