The “lying flat” movement calls on young workers and professionals, including the middle-class people to opt out of the struggle for workplace success, and to reject the promise of consumer fulfilment.

Ecocide refers to unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.

RANKED-CHOICE VOTING (RCV) IS A RANKED VOTING SYSTEM IN WHICH VOTERS CAN RANK THEIR CHOICE OF CANDIDATES BY PREFERENCE. IF ANY CANDIDATE HAS OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, HE OR SHE WINS; OTHERWISE, THE CANDIDATE WITH THE FEWEST VOTES IS ELIMINATED — AND HIS OR HER VOTES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THEIR VOTERS’ SECOND CHOICES. THIS PROCESS REPEATS UNTIL A CANDIDATE CROSSES 50 PERCENT.