A Skeptical Centering
Bart Everson explores the meditation practice of centering even as the center seems nebulous.
Living with Collapse
Coming to terms with the reality that collapse is a condition of the present, not just the future.
Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age
Seventy-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, do we know how we will guard the poison fire we have created for millennia to come?
Without Solidarity, There’s No Survival
If we can’t end racism, we can never achieve true sustainability.
What are you doing to commemorate Earth Overshoot Day?
This August 22nd is the day when we start consuming beyond Earth’s biocapacity for the year. How will you spend this day?
A note of solidarity
Every time any one of us is hurt—black or white, human or not—it wounds us all. The waves of pain ripple outward, often times overturning only the vessels of the victims’ loved ones, and concentrating the pain there. Other times these waves become great tsunamis of anger and frustration, which wash over the whole world. And rarely, but it does happen, these seismic sea waves sweep away the systems of injustice that have been pulling us apart and injuring us one and all. Here is praying that this is one of those moments.
A Reflection on What the Gaian Way Means to Me
With the next Gaian Conversation focusing on what Gaianism is all about, I couldn’t help but get personal this week.
Encountering an Essential Lesson in the Church Forests of Ethiopia
How a religious system has played a key role in preventing total deforestation of Ethiopia and what we, Gaians, can learn from this.
The Planet Formerly Known as the Planet of the Humans
Two difficult lessons from the film, Planet of the Humans, worth discussing.
It’s Spring Outside. It’s Scary Out There. It’s Time to Yardfarm
With time on our hands and food scarcity looming in the near future, there’s no better time than to grow your own food.
Is COVID-19 a Collective Rite of Passage?
Humanity is currently living through a liminal period. Will we emerge as adults or fail in our transition?
It Could Be Worse: Lessons from Transatlantic Voyages and Medieval Quarantines
Social distancing is frustrating. But with a bit of perspective, I hope we can agree it’s not all that bad.