By Kevin Parker
Introduction
Social media has transformed modern communication, revolutionized the way we form and maintain relationships, and altered how we consume news, entertainment, and...
Analysis and Summary of John Ashmead’s “How Many Universes Are There, Anyway?”Balticon Presentation, May 23rd, 2015
Summary
John Ashmead’s presentation at Balticon 2015, titled How Many...
By Kevin Parkerwith full credit to Dr. Antoine Suarez, Center for Quantum Philosophy, Zurich and Geneva
Introduction
In his 2018 presentation “Future Contingents and the Multiverse,”...
Religious trauma is defined as psychological and emotional distress arising from harmful or negative experiences within religious settings or communities. These experiences occur when...
I have grouped the many articles on this site under the collective title, 'Elemental Living'. I thought that it was probably worthwhile explaining what...
Is a machine capable of independent consciousness, or is consciousness an exclusively biological phenomenon? This question has moved from science fiction into serious interdisciplinary...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often discussed in terms of data, algorithms, and logic – a thoroughly material domain. Yet the provocative statement “AI is...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The Arabian oryx paused at the crest of a sand dune, its white coat reflecting the scorching sun that would...
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.
