Megamorphosis

Indigenous leaders, traditional communities and researchers are resisting development in the Amazon rainforest that could push its ecosystems past irreversible tipping points.

'In a downward spiral of entropy, we are burdening future generations with ever larger unpaid bills that we are not willing to pay.'

The first ever ‘summit of the future’ will be staged by the United Nations next year. It might be our last chance.

How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.

We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.

Faced with a planetary emergency, is deep ecological transformation, a ‘megamorphosis’ of modern society, still a possibility?

The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?

Professor Herbert Girardet today launches a major new series of essays - Megamorphosis - exclusively with The Ecologist.

Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.