The Age of Overwhelm
The feeling is now familiar, a low-grade hum of anxiety that accompanies the morning scroll. A headline announces another record-shattering heatwave, the image of a cracked riverbed searing itself onto the mind. A swipe reveals a new regional conflict flaring, its geopolitical tremors felt thousands of miles away. Another swipe: a breathtaking breakthrough in artificial intelligence that promises to remake society, followed immediately by a stark report on rising global inequality. The screen glows with a...
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...
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...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The jaguar padded through continuous forest from Mexico's Yucatan to Colombia's Darién Gap, never leaving tree cover across 2,000 kilometers.¹...
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Part I: A World of Amphibians: Diversity, Distribution, and Adaptation
An Ever-Expanding Catalog of Life
To ask how many species of frogs exist...
The world fractures into a thousand hexagonal truths through my compound eyes, each facet catching ultraviolet psalms that your kind cannot fathom. I see...
I have studied Shinrin-yoku and picked-up a Diploma in the practice along the way, so a modality close to my heart. Being in nature is therapy (outside of the...
Way back in the early 90s when working with the Technology and Environmental Strategies Group at the University of Wollongong, I co-authored a report entitled 'Social Equity and...
Introduction: A Choice That Shapes Our World
The decision to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle represents far more than a dietary preference—it embodies a comprehensive worldview that touches upon personal health,...