Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

Vol. 22, No. 2, February 2026 Luis T. Gutiérrez, Editor

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Resilience During De-Growth The process of grabbing natural resources by bully nations is not new, but is now visibly accelerating on a global scale. Ecosystems are collapsing. A transition from growth to de-growth and post-growth is inevitable. Building personal and community resilience during de-growth is key. This edition includes several articles on critical issues of social and ecological justice, and supplements on human relations and global transition scenarios. The sequence of articles follows the see ~ judge ~ act pattern (more or less, with some overlaps) and it is becoming increasingly clear that the forthcoming transition from growth to post-growth is not likely to be fair and peaceful if global population and consumption keep growing. Can most humans adapt to supply constraints? Peacefully? SEEING GEO-7 ~ Major UN Report Highlights Overpopulation and Overconsumption, Need for Profound Transformation Olivia Nater Aurelio Peccei's Last Words ~ A Message of Hope from the Founder of the Club of Rome Ugo Bardi 2026: Expect a Very Uneven World Economic Downturn Gail Tverberg The Record of Donald Trump's First Year in Office: Few Achievements, but Much Division, Destruction, and Aggression Rodrigue Tremblay Venezuela and Greenland: 'Smash-and-grab' Diplomacy in the Age of Scarcity Kurt Cobb Food Supply, Population Growth, and Ecological Overshoot Steven Earl Salmony The Western Mythos ~ Our Monsters Spawn: Part I Kevin R. Nelson The Unraveling Order ~ What Might Grow in the Cracks of Hegemony? Pieter de Beer JUDGING The Age of Humachines: Big Tech and the Battle for Humanity's Future Clifton Ware Trump and Pump: Another Oil Quagmire David Schultz Why Collapse Is Inevitable ~ Part 2: The Age of Emergent Biophysical Disasters and Cultural Pathologies William E. Rees Why Collapse Is Inevitable ~ Part 3: Modern Techno-Industrial Culture As Mega-Psychopath William E. Rees Why Civilisations Collapse: The Existential Paradox of Innovation George Tsakraklides The Fusion Future that May Never Arrive Kurt Cobb Greenland Is Rich in Natural Resources ~ A Geologist Explains Why Jonathan Paul The Race to the Bottom Art Berman ACTING Nourishing the Bioregional Economy: Essential Resources Richard Heinberg The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill Alex Crisp Transforming Finance and the Economy for Real Sustainability Steven Earl Salmony For Earth and All Life: Investing in Land, Water, and Air Glen Barry A Political Strategy for Degrowth Vlad Bunea Using Boycotts and Our Buying Decisions to Bring Change Rob Harrison Why Restoring Nature Can Work So Much More Effectively When Led by Local People Neil Dawson, Adrian Martin, Iokiñe Rodríguez Education for Post-Growth: What Remains Unresolved—and Why It Matters Luis Antonio González Santos SUPPLEMENTS Meditations on Man and Woman, Humanity and Nature Dynamics of Growth, De-Growth, and Post-Growth |Back to Contents| LINK TO THE CURRENT ISSUE          LINK TO THE HOME PAGE

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