Sacred Economics | Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme - but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
The Case Against Reality
A new theory argues consciousness creates neural activity, and humans have evolved to see what is needed for survival. Perception, it is argued, is a user interface which may not necessarily be real.
The U.N.’s Terrifying Climate Report
Scientists predict hotter heat waves and worse flooding in the decades ahead, but the catastrophe is evident everywhere this summer.
The Blue Carbon Initiative: Mitigating Climate Change
The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems.
The Ministry for the Future
An international taskforce tackles global heating in this chilling yet hopeful vision of how the next few decades might unfold
A Weird Monolith Is Found in the Utah Desert
State employee spotted mysterious metal structure amid red rocks while counting bighorn sheep
Why Birds Are the World’s Best Engineers
A nest is “a disordered stick bomb,” resilient in ways that humans have hardly begun to understand, much less emulate.