Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

Vol. 21, No. 12, December 2025 Luis T. Gutiérrez, Editor

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Deep Renewal of Human Nature Merry Christmas 2025. Peace be with you all. Peace with social and ecological justice. There can be no peace without social and ecological justice. Hegemonic empires come and go. Peace cannot be bought with money and weapons. It cannot be enforced by bullets and missiles. Peace with solidarity and sustainability cannot be attained without a deep renewal of humanity. THE NATIVITY Bethlehem of Judea, ca. 4 BCE Let us pray for peace with social and ecological justice. Let us pray for doctrinal development to transcend patriarchal theologies in all religious traditions. JUST TRANSITION CONTENTS Significant Research and Forthcoming Events Only Our Children Will Cross the River Art Berman The Super Predator: How Humans Became the Animal Kingdom's Most Feared Hunters John Divinagracia Socio-Ecological Polarization and Dark Triad Personalities Clifton Ware The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked Andrew Nikiforuk Engineering Infinite and Eternal Extinction: Review of More and More and More and More Everything Forever Christine Dann Labour, Capital, and the 'Free Gifts of Nature' Bart Hawkins Kreps Carbon Footprint Tramples Planetary Boundaries Amelia Jaycen A Voice Crying in the Desert: Ignoring the Poisoning Effect of CO2 Ugo Bardi & Olle Hollertz Homo Sapiens: Inherently Unsustainable, But Do We Have to Be that Way? William E. Rees Land Degradation Threatens Billions of Lives Worldwide Brett Wilkins An Introduction to Ecofeminist Thought for International Relations Students Vivian Ike What Futures Are Possible? Richard Heinberg The Future Requires a Politics of Relationality David Bollier Beyond AI Futurism: A Socio-Ecological Vision for AI Jonah Schwope & Lena Schröder Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests? Fred Pearce Tehran Contemplates "Evacuation" As Many Cities Across the Globe Face Water Dilemmas Kurt Cobb Linking Climate and Gender Justice: Lessons from Bangladesh Meghna Guhathakurta & Vinod Koshti Dear AI, It Never Wasn't an "Intelligence Economy" Brian Czech Two Birds, One Scone: Collaboration in Rights of Nature and Ecocide Jurisprudence Chiara Grimes Why the Village Is the Only Solution to the Global Predicament Ted Trainer Communities Cultivating a Future Where Technology and Social and Environmental Care Can Flourish Florencia Roveri Redefining Sustainability for a Turbulent 21st Century John H. Giordanengo The Long Twilight of Growth Art Berman Reimagining Ourselves at the End of Our World: Kinship, Interconnection, and Spirituality in the Metacrisis Nate Hagens & Samantha Sweetwater Supplement ~ Meditations on Man and Woman, Humanity and Nature Supplement ~ Dynamics of Growth, De-Growth, and Post-Growth Significant Research and Forthcoming Events Energy Reality: What Can’t (and Won’t) Happen "Let’s stop arguing, and start being honest about our predicament. We can’t take meaningful action until we admit we’re in trouble, and that there are no easy solutions like renewable energy. Let’s quit wasting time on things that can’t or won’t happen." Art Berman, Shattering Energy Myths, 26 October 2025 The 2025 State of the Climate Report: A Planet on the Brink "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, and misinformation..." William Ripple et al, BioScience, 29 October 2025 Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet? An Introduction to Degrowth "This brief introduces degrowth – intentional downscaling of the global economy to achieve ecological sustainability and social justice – for people working in environmental and social advocacy. It centers the question: “Has the economy outgrown the planet?” because global ecological limits have reshaped the conditions under which we pursue climate action, environmental justice, and many other pressing aims." John Mulrow, Degrowth Institute, November 2025 What Happens to the Savings? Delivering on the Promise of Sustainability by Challenging Endless Economic Growth "The whole economy acts as a transmission network, allocating and re-allocating the flow of ecologically derived resources across sectors, for new and expanded uses. In an ever-growing economy, resource savings in one place are redeployed to serve growth somewhere else." John Mulrow at al, Degrowth Institute, November 2025 Economic Restoration Institute New initiative to help industries, businesses, and governments forge lasting social and environmental benefits while supporting key economic needs consistent with ecological dynamics. Link to the Home Page COP30 2025 UN Climate Change Conference COP 30 Outcome: What it means and what's next Belém left the world divided but spurred momentum on key issues that will continue beyond the conference. International Institute for Sustainable Development 22 November 2025 Down to Earth Dialogues: Strategy and Mission under Ecological Crisis Workshop for wisdom and faith-based communities to apply strategic thinking for developing practical responses to the socio-ecological crisis. Laudato Si' Research Institute 11 December 2025 Political Ecology of Degrowth Call for Presentations and Posters Political Ecology Conference Barcelona, Spain, June 29 - July 3, 2026 12th World Sustainability Forum (WSF-12) Innovative Pathways for Sustainable, Resilient Cities and a Greener Planet MDPI Sustainability Foundation Hong Kong, China, 21–24 August 2026 Conference on Earth System Governance Building Just and Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity Earth System Governance Bath, UK, 7-11 September 2026 Ecological Ungovernability? Civic Empowerment ~ State Overload ~ Chaotic Ungoverning International Research Conference Vienna University of Economics and Business 23-25 September 2026 |Back to Contents| LINK TO THE CURRENT ISSUE          LINK TO THE HOME PAGE

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