“Drill, Baby, Drill”: How the Extraction and Export of Critical Raw Materials Can Exacerbate Ukraine’s Resource Trap
Interest in Ukraine’s mineral wealth has surged against the backdrop of global competition for critical raw materials needed for the transition to green energy and new technologies. This transition, presented as a path to sustainable development and the fight against climate change, is increasingly masking a fierce geopolitical struggle over resources, with various players striving […]
Land Reform and Agriculture in Ukraine During Wartime – Interview with Dr. Natalia Mamonova
What is the state of agriculture during wartime in Ukraine? What effects does the land reform have on the future of the country? And what a socially and ecologically just approach to postwar recovery of agriculture can look like? We discuss these and other questions with Dr. Natalia Mamonova – Senior Researcher at RURALIS, Institute […]
Right to Food: Food Sovereignty, War, and Environment
As a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the situation with food security has worsened around the world. Those countries on the periphery that are dependent on food imports from Ukraine and Russia, are now facing the threat of hunger. Food security is also affected by the global environmental crisis, which has unpredictable effects […]
The environmental impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine is a war of aggression by a fossil fuel empire, so the peoples of Ukraine have no choice but to resist. In the podcast, we discuss the war and its impact, as well as the historical context of transformations, crises and inequality. Despite the tragedy, Ukrainian society has demonstrated […]
Should nuclear power plants be shut down? Between sustainability and political solutions
Not a lot of environmentalists support nuclear power. This is an obvious statement, and it may even be controversial to some environmentalists as being too soft on nuclear power. If you're "for nuclear", then obviously, you cannot be an environmentalist. And yet, there are some people who care deeply about the environment, who care about […]
Ukraine’s ecosystems: the price for global food security
Ukraine is an important player in the global market of agricultural production. It is one of the world’s top-10 grain exporters, and it is the global leader in growing and export of sunflower seeds and oil. In 2021, Ukraine harvested 85 million tons of grain and intended to export 67 million tons during the 2021-2022 […]
Oleksiy Burkovsky: “Land reform leads Ukraine not to Europe but to Latin America”
What will be the dynamics of soil erosion and desertification in Ukraine after the launch of the agricultural land market? How will these processes affect the environment? And what should the Ukrainian authorities do in order to regain control over the ecological condition of the land? We discussed these questions with Oleksiy Burkovsky, Ukrainian ecologist, […]
Forget shorter showers: why personal change does not equal political change
Derrick Jensen is the author of Thought to Exist in the Wild, Songs of the Dead, Endgame, Dreams, and other books. In 2008, he was named one of Utne Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” His Orioncolumn is called “Upping the Stakes.” Would any sane PERSON think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler, or that composting would have ended slavery or […]
About “Russian” trace in Odessa events
Andrey Ishchenko A tragic death, which took place on April 17 in Odessa, of Maksim Chaika, a right-wing football fan and one of the leaders of a radical nationalist organization “SICH”, has immediately lead to heated discussions on the Internet. Whereas everything is clear for the closest companions of the killed: “the white warrior” had […]
