The real meaning of the “elements”
The elements are handy symbols that our symbolical languages can latch on to and use to word the world, to translate reality into abstract thinking, so that we can talk about our practical experiences.
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The Hidden Cost of Integrity: Environmental Commitment in the Global South
Let us build communities where the silence of exhaustion is not celebrated, but heard. Where emotional resilience is not individual, but collective. Let us make space — for tears as well as for treaties. We are not broken. Just tired. And still standing.
Review: “Endgame 2050” documentary
Endgame 2050 delivers lots of good information, but it’s hampered by poor structure, repetition and lack of focus.
The Southern Ocean Shift: A Warning Sign in Global Climate Circulation
Investing in science, policy, and conservation isn’t just prudent, it’s urgent. For now, the study serves as a powerful reminder: the Earth is speaking. It’s up to us to listen and respond.
Welcome to the Great Bear Sea
Now, a new network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in a region known as the Great Bear Sea is trying to bring strategies that have worked on land into the ocean. The plan is to connect ecological hotspots that will act like underwater stepping stones between B.C.’s northern Vancouver Island and Alaska.
The Packaging Revolution: Industry’s Responsibility & the Innovations That Could Mitigate the Waste Crisis
In today’s episode, Nate is joined by Wes Carter, president of Atlantic Packaging, to discuss the pressing need for radical transformation in the packaging industry, and how his company has become a leader in sustainable packaging innovation.
Is a River Alive? Review….
My advice to Robert, if he truly wants to know if a river is a living body, is to stop gallivanting all over the globe, transporting mess everywhere for river bodies to cope with. Stop killing rivers. If you must write, write where you are, how you are. Write your own place, write how it is, not merely what is there.
What is Life?
So, what is Life? To me, it’s a staggeringly impressive trick that the universe can perform, playing by the normal rules utilizing the normal material. Wow. Lucky us!
The Great Lady of Deep Ecology has left us
Joanna, a shining being, even in her absence, becomes more present. This was her final gift—to reveal the ambiguity of being/not-being, the forever fragile home of the deepest grief, the greatest love and the most profound compassion. To live in that ambiguity with the same compassion that flowed from the heart of her being becomes our charge to go forth now.
Discovering the Magic of Quinta Vale da Lama
My time at QVdL reinforced everything I believe about ERC’s approach to restoration. We’re not just planting trees or improving soil – we’re building resilient communities that can adapt, learn, and scale their impact.
‘I Didn’t Know I Was Sitting in a Pool of Poison’
In 2016, high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—PFAS—were discovered in Monette’s drinking water well at her home in the upstate New York town of Petersburgh, along with the wells of many of her neighbors. Petersburgh’s municipal water supply was also tainted, as was the Little Hoosic River, where Monette liked to cool off. “I didn’t know I was sitting in a pool of poison,” says Monette, a 68-year-old retired elementary school art teacher who taught at a local school district.
Why flash flood warnings will continue to go unheeded
As climate change makes flash floods and other extreme weather events more common and deadly, researchers across the country are struggling with how to effectively communicate risk to the public, without losing their trust through over-warning.
