Cover: Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is among the most biodiverse biomes on Earth, but it is also among the most imperiled. Agriculture and human settlement have cleared 84 to 89% of its original extent. Image courtesy of Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPÊ).
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The Poor Prole’s Almanac || In a world dominated by the “unblemished record of total failure” that is mainstream environmental policy, how do we find a path toward actual survival?. In this episode, we sit down with author and activist Peter Gelderloos to discuss his recent month-long project in Brazil, where he worked alongside grassroots movements building an ecological revolution from the ground up.
While international summits like COP 30 continue to push “green growth” and state-led frameworks that preserve capitalist interests, Peter shares a different story from the Atlantic forest and the urban peripheries of São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. We explore the work of the Teia dos Povos (Web of the Peoples) network—an anti-colonial, revolutionary movement reclaiming land and autonomy through agrofloresta (forest gardening).
From the restoration of destroyed plantations into thriving forest ecosystems to the vital international effort of seed sharing, this conversation moves beyond the “depressing news” to highlight effective, eco-centric strategies for adaptation. Peter reveals how indigenous and landless communities are not just resisting the state but are actively “advancing” beyond capitalist society by developing technologies that prioritize collective survival and ecological health.
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