Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future
Explore Los Angeles' ambitious efforts to transform its concrete flood-control river back into a living ecological corridor amidst urban and climate challenges.
As I write certain world leaders are erroneously arguing against a transition to alternative energy, I couldn't disagree more! Green energy delivers cheaper electricity than fossils in 91% of cases. Economic data, tech breakthroughs & climate urgency prove renewables are essential now. Kevin Parker Ed
The year 2024 shattered every climate record in human history, with global temperatures soaring 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels, bringing us perilously close to the 1.5°C threshold that scientists have long warned about.¹ Yet within this...
Corporations are replacing greenwashing with greenhushing—strategic silence on climate goals to dodge lawsuits and regulators, while profits soar and action stalls.
In an era marked by unprecedented technological connectivity yet profound personal disconnection, millions worldwide are turning inward through the ancient practice of meditation. From...
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.
GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 12
Shanghai is sinking. The city centre has subsided more than three metres since the late nineteenth century, while the...
The Living Marsh
Feature · The Living World
The world’s remaining wetlands, the work they do for the planet, and the intelligence of water
At first light,...
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.
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...
Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, emerged as one of the 20th century's most recognized humanitarian figures, dedicating her life to serving the "poorest...
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...
A personal reflection on my meditation practice and experience in relation to the insights of neuroscience- no claim to expertise, as still struggling to...
Africa’s wilderness shrank from 92% to under 50% due to colonization, extraction, and climate change—yet community-led conservation offers hope for recovery.
After over 60 years of a meat eating diet my wife and I are making a determined effort pursue a vegetarian diet persuaded by the overwhelming health, environmental and...
Introduction: The Scientist's Dilemma—A Feeling for the Organism or a Dispassionate Gaze?
The archetype of the scientist is etched into the cultural imagination with a cool, dispassionate clarity. We picture...