How Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Whitman, and Alcott Illuminate Contemporary Environmental Philosophy
Introduction
In an era of unprecedented environmental crisis, the philosophical foundations for ecological thinking and...
Japanese zen gardens represent humanity's most refined attempt to distill nature's essence into contemplative spaces that serve both aesthetic and spiritual purposes. These minimalist...
The ocean faces an existential crisis requiring immediate, large-scale protection through marine parks. With 37.7% of fish stocks overfished, 11-14 million tonnes of plastic...
Press Release 11th August, 2025 - Geneva, Switzerland — A new Greenpeace International investigation confirms that airborne microplastics are present in the urban air...
A personal reflection on my meditation practice and experience in relation to the insights of neuroscience- no claim to expertise, as still struggling to...
Part I: The Phenomenon and the Mythic Imagination
An Arch of Light and Wonder
Few natural phenomena have so universally captivated the human imagination as the...
Introduction: The Crisis of Authority in an Age of Intelligent Machines
The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence has precipitated a crisis of authority in public...
The question of what constitutes authoritative evidence in AI ethics has become one of the most consequential debates shaping technology governance today. As artificial...
Green Cities Series | Article 17
For a decade, the Lombard capital has captured the global imagination with photogenic vertical forests and promises of millions of new trees. Yet beneath the canopy lies the Po Valley—one of...
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 that researchers have since termed an Anthropocene moment.1 It was a period when the theoretical abstractions of climate modeling collided with the tactile...
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 organised by stationery. Afghanistan sits near Albania. Tuvalu speaks into the same record as the United States. Delegates rise, denounce, defend, abstain and...
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 sea rises around it. In response, China has rolled out the most ambitious urban water-management programme in history — the Sponge City Initiative...
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, the marsh breathes. Mist rises off black water in slow exhalations, and the reeds shiver under the weight of birds too small to...
GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 10
In 2017, Shenzhen became the first city in the world to operate a fully electric public bus fleet. In 2019, its entire taxi fleet followed. These are not incremental improvements or pilot schemes — they are structural transformations, achieved at a speed...
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.
