Brief Ecology

“Just as taking a hike reminds you of the three-dimensionality of life outside the flat plane of your phone screen, good ecofiction reminds us of our place in this broad and bustling world.”

New Fiction: "The Hut Upon the Sands" by Jared Oliver Adams

Want to shop sustainably? Buy one of Brief Ecology's digital issues. They're zero-carbon and anti-capitalist 🌎 📚

The recently published Global Justice Platform is a moderate attempt to decarbonize and tax wealth, at the global scale. It's also probably the best deal capitalism will get in the long term. 🌎

The private markets can't deliver a rapid decarbonization of the economy. Its internal features prevent the coordination required to transform production. 🌎

Our latest issue, Planetary Possibilities 🌎, is out now!

Planetary Possibilities, the latest issue of The Eco Update, drops tomorrow. But YOU, dear reader, can get it early:

The same system that exploits the working class also exploits our ecosphere. Profit-seeking extracts maximum value from labor while giving as little back to the workers as possible. At the same time, profit-seeking extracts maximum energy and biomass from ecosystems while giving as little back to the environment as possible. Capitalism is unsustainable for both society and the planet.