An AI sandbox breach exposed a new risk: powerful agents can turn tools and permissions into action, leaving guardrail-bound defenders at a disadvantage.
Riyadh is planting 7.5m trees and running a new metro against an Expo 2030 deadline. A look at the water, heat and money behind the desert city's greening
Clean energy is booming, yet emissions keep breaking records. A clear-eyed 2026 look at climate action—what's working, what's failing, and what it will take.
A personal reflection on my meditation practice and experience in relation to the insights of neuroscience- no claim to expertise, as still struggling to...
Introduction: The Radical Act of Stillness
In an age defined by perpetual connectivity and information overload, the search for silence has become a radical act....
1. Preparation:
Find a quiet space where you won't be disturbed.
Sit comfortably on a cushion, chair, or floor with your spine straight.
Close your eyes gently...
Riyadh is planting 7.5m trees and running a new metro against an Expo 2030 deadline. A look at the water, heat and money behind the desert city's greening
As regular readers of this blog know I have an abiding interest in Artificial Intelligence, and, in particular, it's potential to develop proto-consciousness, or,...
An AI sandbox breach exposed a new risk: powerful agents can turn tools and permissions into action, leaving guardrail-bound defenders at a disadvantage.
GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 15
The atmospheric tension in Cape Town during the austral summer of 2017–2018 was characterized by a distinct psychological phenomena...
Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future
The chamber still looks improbably calm. Green marble. Translation headsets. Country names set out in alphabetical order, as though the world’s grief can be...
Explore Los Angeles' ambitious efforts to transform its concrete flood-control river back into a living ecological corridor amidst urban and climate challenges.
Shanghai, China. Flood resilience, wetland protection, riverfront redevelopment, and the tension between ecological adaptation and relentless construction.
Wetlands are vital, endangered ecosystems that act as the Earth's kidneys and carbon storage. We must protect these "living sponges" to ensure our own survival.
Clean energy is booming, yet emissions keep breaking records. A clear-eyed 2026 look at climate action—what's working, what's failing, and what it will take.
GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 9
For fifty years, urban planners have travelled to Curitiba to study what happened when a young architect-mayor decided that...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The aurochs' last bellow echoed through Poland's Jaktorów Forest in 1627, marking Europe's first recorded megafaunal extinction.¹ This wild...
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Part I: The "White Gold" Rush: An Analysis of Geologic Hydrogen
The global energy transition...
Press Release 11th August, 2025 - Geneva, Switzerland — A new Greenpeace International investigation confirms that airborne microplastics are present in the urban air...
Wetlands are vital, endangered ecosystems that act as the Earth's kidneys and carbon storage. We must protect these "living sponges" to ensure our own survival.
Discover December–January celebrations worldwide—Christian and beyond—covering lunar and solar calendars, meanings, rituals, and communities beyond Santa
How Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Whitman, and Alcott Illuminate Contemporary Environmental Philosophy
Introduction
In an era of unprecedented environmental crisis, the philosophical foundations for ecological thinking and action have never been more...