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Kevin Parker

Kevin Parker is a long-term activist working on behalf of Gaia, peace and justice

Antarctic Ice Loss Acceleration: Research Reveals Worrying Patterns

Recent Antarctic research reveals accelerating ice loss patterns from sub-Antarctic islands to the continental ice sheets, with Heard Island's 22% glacier decline over 72...

Henry David Thoreau and the American Transcendental Vision

Thoreau was an early influence on my thinking and as a teenager I fell in love with his prose, philosophy and the Romantic Transcendentalist...

NSW Protects Koalas With New 476,000‑Hectare National Park

Congratulations and a thousand thanks to the New South Wales Government and Premier Chris Minns and his team for this most welcome and timely...

Hydrogen and Other Energy Power Sources of the Future

Listen to an insight into this article in our Deep Dive Part I: The "White Gold" Rush: An Analysis of Geologic Hydrogen The global energy transition...

Why a Vegetarian Diet is Good for Planet Earth

After over 60 years of a meat eating diet my wife and I are making a determined effort pursue a vegetarian diet persuaded by...

The Koala : Biology, Conservation Status, and Future Prospects

Introduction The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Australia's iconic arboreal marsupial, represents one of the world's most specialized mammals and faces an unprecedented conservation crisis. This review...

Shamanism and Panpsychism: Exploring Diverse Conceptions of Mind and Reality

Summary This essay undertakes a comprehensive comparison and contrast of Shamanism and Panpsychism, two distinct yet conceptually resonant frameworks concerning the nature of mind and...

The State of Global Fish Populations: Crisis and Conservation in the World’s Waters

The Ocean's Vanishing Wealth The world's fish populations stand at a critical juncture, caught between ecological collapse and conservation hope. With 37.7% of assessed marine...

The Divergent Paths of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

Listen to our Deep Dive to get some insights into the articles content I. Introduction Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung stand as monumental figures in the...

Life on the Edge: How Extremophiles Redefine Biology and Expand Our Cosmic Search

Listen to our Deep Dive for an insight into this article Descend into the crushing, lightless abyss of the Pacific Ocean, where fissures in the...

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The Law of Laws: Theosophy and the Backbone of Kindness

"Is kindness merely a feeling, or is it a load-bearing structure for society? Kevin J Parker, author of 'The Backbone of Kindness: Restoring Our Oldest Virtue', explores the profound intersection of Theosophy and modern ethics, examining how compassion functions as the 'Law of laws' and the essential backbone of human arrangements."

The Reality of Global Warming

Explore the empirical reality of global warming right now. Uncover accelerating ocean heat, temperature overshoot pathways, and critical planetary tipping points.

Stonehenge: The Machine, the Landscape and the Making of a World

Hawkins's computer was too literal. But his instinct — that Stonehenge handled information — survives every test the sixty years since have thrown at it. An investigation through stone provenance, isotopes, ancient DNA and landscape archaeology, ending with a named, testable hypothesis: the Gathering Engine.

Smart City: The Word Finds an Owner

Cities ran sewers and traffic computers long before anyone sold them the word. Around 2008 “smart” acquired an owner. Four product cities show what it cost.

El Niño Explained: 2026 Impact & the Future Prognosis

Ocean temperatures hit a record 21.1°C in August, out of season. El Niño, climate change and what the hottest sea ever measured means for 2027

The Divine Within: Why I Keep Circling the Idea That the Sacred Is an Inside Job

The divine within: a personal reflection on Jung, mysticism, meditation and prayer, and why I still cannot decide whether the sacred is an inside job.

Commissioning Curiousity: Retraining the Our Social Media Echo Chamber to Serve Up Variety

Retraining Spotify revealed how AI recommendation algorithms narrow us — and why commissioning curiosity, not searching, is the literacy of the age.

The Compass and the Cosmos: Sacred Geometry

Sacred geometry, examined: the real history behind the ten forms, what nature actually does, and what physics has found in the shape of the universe.

The Greening of Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Riyadh is planting 7.5m trees and running a new metro against an Expo 2030 deadline. A look at the water, heat and money behind the desert city's greening

Ocean Plastic Pollution: Is the Tide Finally Turning?

Ocean plastic pollution is falling: 39% less on Australian coasts. The data, the clean-up technology and the policies proving change is possible

The Backbone of Kindness: Rekindling Our Oldest Virtue in Troubled Times

Kindness is not niceness. Kevin J. Parker argues it is civilisation's load-bearing structure—the backbone on which coexistence depends