By John Michael Greer A comment during a discussion of the fossil fuel energy crisis reminded me that we’ve been missing an important factor in what’s going on now, especially among […]
Continue readingGift Tensegrity – How it might work…
by Timothy Wilken The following proposal suggests how we humans might better work together. It is a new mechanism for the exchange of goods and services based on synergic science. […]
Continue readingIs the Earth’s Human Population Sustainable?
L.W. Nicholson Scientists have estimated that the earth’s resources MAY be able to support, on a permanent basis, from one to two billion people. Some estimates are even less. We […]
Continue readingWhy We Need World Cooperation
Timothy Wilken Dieoff is a ecological term. It refers to what happens to an animal population when that population exceeds the ability of its biosphere to support it—when a population […]
Continue readingA Reader comments on Caldwell’s Article
Sheila Newman I wanted to point out an error in one of Caldwell’s statements. He said that “Even countries such as the US that have achieved very high levels of […]
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Reason Reviews: THE WEB OF LIFE by Fritjof Capra
by Reason Wilken A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems The book Web of Life is an attempt to synthesize philosophies from various areas of science into a coherent plan […]
Continue readingDid you know…
Joseph George Caldwell 1. Mankind’s large population and high level of industrial activity is exterminating 30,000 species a year (see an abstract of E. O. Wilson´s The Field Guide to the […]
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Taking Action – Changing
Timothy Wilken The truth is especially hard to believe if it requires that we take action—if it requires that we change. If humanity is to have a future, we must […]
Continue readingDenial and the Psychology of Climate Apathy
By George Marshall My first real exposure to the issue of climate change was reading a newspaper article in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1988 by a leading Australian climatologist. […]
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Who is Dean Kamen?
Timothy Wilken Dean Kamen is an inventor, an entrepreneur and a tireless advocate for science and technology. His roles as inventor and advocate are intertwined—his own passion for technology and […]
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