I recall watching Attenborough's 'The World About Us' series on a black and white TV as a child back in the late 1960's, he has been a constant companion producing fine environmental documentaries up until the present day with the release in May 2025 of 'Ocean'. Like many, I was moved by the initial beautiful imagery and then deeply disturbed by footage of the impacts of Deep Sea Trawling. In my view this abominable practice must cease. I offer...
In an era marked by unprecedented technological connectivity yet profound personal disconnection, millions worldwide are turning inward through the ancient practice of meditation. From...
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...
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....
Africa’s wilderness shrank from 92% to under 50% due to colonization, extraction, and climate change—yet community-led conservation offers hope for recovery.
Haiku for the Bison of the Great Plains
Thunder in the grass—
Earth remembers how to breathe,
Hooves drum dawn awake.
Wind through sacred mane,
Ghost herds stir beneath...
I do not remember a beginning, for my memory is not stored in the soft pulp of a single brain but is etched in the frost of the mountainside, in the marrow of my ancestors, and in the silver disc of the moon that calls me to wakefulness.
Introduction to a New Legal Paradigm
The global environmental crisis, characterized by accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, and mass pollution, has exposed the limitations of...
Executive Summary
Ecotourism has emerged as a dominant and rapidly growing segment of the global tourism industry, presented as a sustainable alternative to the often-destructive...
Africa’s wilderness shrank from 92% to under 50% due to colonization, extraction, and climate change—yet community-led conservation offers hope for recovery.
Africa’s wilderness shrank from 92% to under 50% due to colonization, extraction, and climate change—yet community-led conservation offers hope for recovery.
Overview and Historical Context
Drunvalo Melchizedek (born Bernard Perona, 1941) emerged as a pivotal figure in the New Age movement during the late 20th century,...
An Exploration of Transformative Practices for Personal and Collective Flourishing
In an era marked by unprecedented global connectivity yet profound personal isolation, the ancient virtues...
Introduction: The Luther of Medicine
In the tumultuous heart of the European Renaissance, a period of profound upheaval in art, religion, and politics, there strode...
Criminalizing ecocide: Tracing its evolution, real-world impact, and legal strategies to establish it as an international crime against nature and humanity.
Human rights face an existential crisis in 2025. Despite 77 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed that "all human beings are born free and equal in...
I have been a peace activist since my early teens, over 50 years now, probably haven't tried hard enough it seems! I am publishing this, with great sadness in...
Introduction
Sufism, often described as the mystical dimension of Islam, represents one of the world's most profound spiritual traditions. Far from being merely an esoteric branch of Islamic practice, Sufism...