Eric Garza – Medium

Apr 20, 2021

Talking About Collapse and Social Disruption

I remember well the day I “woke up” to the prospects of collapse and social disruption in the United States. It was the day I first saw the documentary End of Suburbia. This film highlighted the issue of oil depletion and the many impacts it would have, particularly in oil-dependent…

Collapse

6 min read

Mar 23, 2021

Why Wonder Woman is Worthy, and Captain Marvel is Not

The Zack Snyder cut of Justice League began streaming online a few days ago. It inspired me to reflect on how different the DC and Marvel Cinematic Universes are. I find one difference particularly striking: how they portray their super-powered female leads. I am referring, of course, to DC’s Diana…

Wonder Woman

4 min read

Published in Age of Awareness

·Dec 4, 2019

A Tale of 100 Acorns

Acorns were an important food source for people around the world prior to the rise of industrial agriculture, though few people eat them today. One reason for this is that acorns are not edible straight from the tree. Their high tannin content gives many raw acorns an intensely bitter taste…

Health

8 min read

Published in Age of Awareness

·May 29, 2019

Awakening to the Traumacene

On May 11, 2019 our atmosphere’s concentration of carbon dioxide surpassed 415 ppm for the first time since anatomically modern humans have walked on Earth. This milestone is the crowning achievement of centuries spent burning fossil fuels, cutting trees, and tilling soil, among other activities. These workings transform our world…

Climate Change

11 min read