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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-20 > how-forests-act-as-natural-flood-defences-new-research-shows-trees-can-slash-flood-risk

How forests act as natural flood defences: New research shows trees can slash flood risk

1+ day, 37+ min ago  (892+ words) By Samadhee Kaluarachchi, Younes Alila, originally published by The Conversation Increasingly destructive floods also re-ignite debate on how we can make communities more resilient. Should we rely solely on traditional infrastructure like dikes and dams? In many regions, traditional infrastructure…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-15 > human-nature-didnt-create-the-polycrisis-our-systems-did-and-they-can-be-redesigned

Human nature didn't create the polycrisis. Our systems did " and they can be redesigned

6+ day, 29+ min ago  (659+ words) By Jeremy Lent, originally published by Ecocivilization When people look at the cascading pathologies of our civilization " the relentless extraction, the extreme inequality, the systematic degradation of the living world " it's easy for despair to set in: if this is…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-15 > the-climate-crisis-is-becoming-a-legal-obligation-not-a-political-choice

The climate crisis is becoming a legal obligation, not a political choice

6+ day, 37+ min ago  (978+ words) By Erika Schelby, originally published by Independent Media Institute Environmental law is not a monolithic undertaking but a work in progress. It evolves. Klaus Bosselmann, emeritus professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, recounts a transformative instance at the…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-14 > live-event-chokepoint-the-new-urgency

Chokepoint: The New Urgency of Ending Our Fossil Fuel Addiction

1+ week, 36+ min ago  (362+ words) The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a quarter of all seaborne oil trade moved in 2025, has laid bare our society's utter dependence on crude oil and natural gas. In a matter of days, fuel prices spiked, financial…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-14 > solar-panels-arent-as-clean-as-we-like-to-think

Solar panels aren't as "clean" as we like to think

1+ week, 37+ min ago  (591+ words) By Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, originally published by Macska Moksha Press I recently saw someone online wax poetic about how solar panels are so benign because they don't leak oil or emit air pollution or make noise like machinery running on…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-10 > how-environmental-laws-are-shifting-the-focus-from-humans-to-nature

How environmental laws are shifting the focus from humans to nature

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (338+ words) By Erika Schelby, originally published by Independent Media Institute The need to protect populations from environmental harm or contamination is not new. Whenever human welfare was imperiled, those in power within most ancient civilizations passed laws to address these issues....

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-09 > what-do-we-value-most-rethinking-resilience-in-a-time-of-polycrisis

'What do we value most?' Rethinking resilience in a time of polycrisis

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (281+ words) By Jem Bendell, originally published by Jem Bendell blog "Has the collapse begun?" "What is your revised schedule for societal collapse?" I wrote about the 5th R of Reclamation in the book'Breaking Together, and the 6th R in an'essay on Regenerativity. For…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-08 > why-were-still-marching-toward-collapse-and-how-to-break-the-trance

Why we're still marching toward collapse'and how to break the trance

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (437+ words) By Jeremy Lent, originally published by Ecocivilization Consider a remarkable finding from a survey on domestic violence in India: 45 percent of women reported that a husband was justified in beating his wife for reasons such as neglecting housework or arguing…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-07 > how-californias-war-on-smog-and-its-ambitious-car-pollution-rules-made-everyones-air-cleaner

How California's war on smog and its ambitious car pollution rules made everyone's air cleaner

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1139+ words) By Ann E. Carlson, originally published by The Conversation Cars on the road today are99% cleanerthan they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the…...

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resilience. org > stories > 2026-04-07 > the-restorative-promise-of-agroecology-farming-for-sovereignty-and-resilience-in-malawi-part-2

The restorative promise of agroecology: Farming for sovereignty and resilience in Malawi - Part II

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (52+ words) By Thomas Shivers, originally published by Tom Missed Part One? Read it here. By Thomas Shivers, Tom In Malawi, where agriculture is central to daily life, an internship with an agroecology organisation offers an inside look at farming practices that…...