Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

Vol. 22, No. 7, July 2026 Luis T. Gutiérrez, Editor

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The Culture of Power Patriarchy is the primordial and most pervasive culture of power. It is not natural law but is reinforced by human biology (Maximum Power Principle) and further 'normalized' by religious traditions that presuppose a masculine deity, male supremacy in social relations, and human supremacy in ecological relations. As long as the patriarchal mindset prevails, social-ecological justice is practiced by a minimal number of people and the Golden Rule is practically utopian. For this reason, transcending patriarchy in both secular and religious institutions is critical if further decline and dysfunctionality of the human civilization is to be prevented, for infinite material growth in a finite livable planet is impossible, and we know that "God always forgives, and we forgive sometimes, but nature never forgives." This edition includes several articles on critical issues of social and ecological justice, and links to supplementary materials. 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 and the culture of power prevails. Can most humans adapt to supply constraints? Peacefully? SEEING A New History for These Troubled Times Greg Anderson The Life-Giving Forests: Indigenous Peoples, Myths, and Fragments Petru Moldovan Oil, Inflation, Unrest: The Global Fallout of the US-Israeli War on Iran Aman Sethi The Wave and the Rider: Tolstoy in the Persian Gulf Art Berman Money: The Blind Spot of Ecologists Jean-Christophe Duval Recycling Plastics: The Great Scam Ugo Bardi After America ~ The Very Real Limits of U.S. Global Power Alfred W. McCoy A Realistic 'Energy Transition' Is to Get Better at Using Less of It Richard Heinberg JUDGING OIL—What You Need to Know and Understand Clifton Ware Carrying Capacity: The Vinegar in Economists' Wine William E. Rees The Population Conundrum ~ What Goes Up Will Come Down William E. Rees The Hormuz 'Dry Run': Life Without Oil and Petrochemicals Mark H. Burton Past, Present, and Future ~ A Crisis in Context Tim Morgan Is a New Copernican Revolution Already Under Way? Jeremy Lent The Global Political Economy and the Biosystem: Analysis of an Evolutionary Mismatch Steven E. Salmony & M. Lynn Lamoreux The Age of Bullshitnovation, or Capitalism at the Hour of Its Absurd Jean-Christophe Duval ACTING A Framework for Navigating Ecological and Civilizational Contraction Rhonda Fabian How to Think About the Future (Part 1): Changing the Future Starts with How You Think Nate Hagens How to Think About the Future (Part 2): Four Variables Shaping the Coming Decades Nate Hagens The Current State of 'Carbon Dioxide Removal' Around the World Daisy Dunne, Giuliana Viglione, Josh Gabbatiss Degrowth: The Role of Transition Towns Ted Trainer Special Report: Introducing the Sustainable Monetary Policy Act Brian Czech How Agave Agroforestry Can Restore Drylands and Strengthen Climate Resilience Ronnie Cummins & André Leu The Politics of Human Dignity Jasmine Devadason Our Ecofeminist World ~ How Do We Get from Where We Are to Here? Ivy Helman The Consumer Power Myth ~ Refuse Consumerism, De-commodify Food Gunnar Rundgren Feeding the World as if People Mattered: Why We Need More Farms, Not More Food Andrew Flachs SUPPLEMENTS What Does a Super El Niño Mean for the Climate? Tad Patzek & Nate Hagens The Criminal Underside of the Green Transition Robert Muggah The New Geopolitics of Food: Navigating Policies for Resilient Self-Reliance Jennifer Clapp and IPES-Food Ecofeminist Degrowth ~ Slowing Down To Restore Life Júlia Martí Comas Theological Anthropology, Human Ecology, and Religious Patriarchy Luis T. Gutiérrez Global Dynamics of Growth, De-Growth, and Post-Growth Luis T. Gutiérrez |Back to Contents| LINK TO THE CURRENT ISSUE          LINK TO THE HOME PAGE

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