Mother Pelican ~ April 2026

[Luis Gutierrez]

Mother Pelican A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability Vol. 22, No. 4, April 2026 The Ecology of War Wars destroy the integrity of the biosphere and reveal the fragility of globalized supply chains. This edition includes several articles on critical issues of social and ecological justice, and supplements on human relations and global transition scenarios. 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. Can most humans adapt to supply constraints? Peacefully? SEEING 'Silent Victim'? Interrogating the Ecological Implications of War Robert Mizo 'Civilization' and the Human Maladaptation Syndrome William E. Rees The Biophysical Pyramid Nate Hagens The Consumption Pyramid Nate Hagens A New Explanation for Tariffs and Bombings ~ The Underlying Problems are Energy-related Gail Tverberg Sustainable Protein: From Natural Flows to Human-Engineered Shortcuts Narasimha Reddy Donthi Peak Food: Is the Human Population Going to Collapse? Ugo Bardi The Abyss of Civilization ~ What We Must Recover As We Fight Back Kevin R. Nelson JUDGING ENERGY DATA: Global Primary Energy Consumption by Source Spaceship Earth ~ How Size, Scope, Scale, and Speed Affects Socio-Ecological Overshoot Clifton Ware Selling Off Public Lands: The Push to Privatize a Public Treasure Kirsten Stade How Empires Turn Cruel Before They Die Ugo Bardi The Last Empire: Why the Trump-Netanyahu War Signals the Fall of a Civilization Nafeez M. Ahmed Is the Hormuz Chokehold a Foretaste of Peak Oil? Chris Rhodes Why Is Overshoot a Predicament and Not a Problem? Erik Michaels The Whole Food System Must Be Converted – Not Just the Farming System Gunnar Rundgren The Fire We Feed: Rethinking Food, Population, and Prosperity on a Finite Planet Steve Salmony ACTING Society on Strike: A Last Defense Against Tyranny? Jeremy Brecher Enhancing Artificial Intelligence with Ecological Wisdom Barbara Williams Where Do We Go From Here? Keith Zeff Confronting Patriarchy, Pronatalism, and Population Denial Robert Jensen The Most Appropriate Response to Falling Birthrates? Embrace Them Nandita Bajaj There Is Power in the Word 'Patriarchy' ~ We Need to Start Using It Roberta W. Francis Religious Traditions and Fertility: A Connection Rooted in Patriarchy Kirsten Stade Machiavelli ~ The First Modern Political Theologian? Maddie Shorman SUPPLEMENTS Human Ecology, Theological Anthropology, and Religious Patriarchy Global Dynamics of Growth, De-Growth, and Post-Growth There is an annotated archive with links to all articles published since May 2005. Human development in harmony with nature is the existential challenge of our time. The mission of this journal is to foster human development within the limits of an integral ecology. You are invited to submit comments, suggestions, and articles for publication. Deadline is the 15th of the month to be considered for the following month.

Sincerely,

Luis

Luis T. Gutiérrez, PhD

Editor, Mother Pelican Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability