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AbstractThis essay about disaster, imperialism, and concepts of home comprises three parts. The first explores attempts to grapple with the meaning of centuries of colonization as it plays out even in the most minor, mundane details. The second engages relevant legal frameworks that can aid in understanding issues of race and gender within a neoimperial context. This section focuses on two legal cases associated with Adolfina Villanueva Osorio, a resident of Loíza, Puerto Rico, whom armed police and marshals attempted to force from her home based on a court order favoring the interests of the wealthy new owner of the land. In the process of the forcible eviction, which took place in 1980, the police murdered Adolfina in front of her family. In discussing these cases, I consider intersections of gendered bodies and property rights to better understand the ongoing effects of neoliberalism, and specifically how these impact concepts of home. The third part looks at the socially engaged work of the artists known as Las Nietas de Nonó, two sisters who have created a performance space in their grandparents' former house in the Barrio of San Antón, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. As I discuss their interventionary, avant-garde work, I consider how art, colonial realities, and the law coexist in the details of everyday life.

Societal Impact Statement Bioenergy is a major component of the global transition to renewable energy technologies. The plant and fungal kingdoms offer great potential but remain mostly untapped. Their increased use could contribute to the renewable energy transition and addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." Current research focuses on species cultivated at scale in temperate regions, overlooking the wealth of potential new sources of small‐scale energy where they are most urgently needed. A shift towards diversified, accessible bioenergy technologies will help to mitigate and adapt to the threats of climate change, decrease energy poverty, improve human health by reducing indoor pollution, increase energy resilience of communities, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. Summary Bioenergy derived from plants and fungi is a major component of the global transition to renewable energy technologies. There is rich untapped diversity in the plant and fungal kingdoms that offers potential to contribute to the shift away from fossil fuels and to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." Energy poverty—the lack of access to modern energy services—is most acute in the Global South where biodiversity is greatest and least investigated. Our systematic review of the literature over the last 5 years (2015–2020) indicates that research efforts have targeted a very small number of plant species cultivated at scale, mostly in temperate regions. The wealth of potential new sources of bioenergy in biodiverse regions, where the implementation of SDG7 is most urgently needed, has been largely overlooked. We recommend next steps for bioenergy stakeholders—research, industry, and government—to seize opportunities for innovation to alleviate energy poverty while protecting biodiversity. Small‐scale energy ...