Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future
Beyond Materialism—A New Framework for Activism
The landscape of modern activism is marked by a profound and often disheartening paradox. On one hand, awareness of systemic global crises—from climate breakdown and mass extinction to entrenched social inequality and geopolitical conflict—has never been more acute. On the other, the sheer scale of these challenges can induce a paralyzing sense of individual powerlessness. Conventional methods of protest, policy advocacy, and legal action, while indispensable, often feel like chipping away at a mountain...
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....
In an era marked by unprecedented technological connectivity yet profound personal disconnection, millions worldwide are turning inward through the ancient practice of meditation. From...
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.
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...
Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future
*An ABC Australia report on Moltbook (February 2026) and the ensuing security coverage is the spark for this commentary—because beneath the memes is a...
East Asia’s ecosystems face collapse—but bold conservation, tech innovation, and cultural wisdom offer a path to recovery. The next decade is decisive.
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 ancestor of cattle, standing two...
Today marks eighty years since the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. As I write this on August 6, 2025, I cannot help but reflect on how this anniversary carries...
It is interesting to look closely at an organization that I have a soft spot for with a slightly cold journalistic eye. The Sea Shepherd project has, in my...