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Shanghai, China: Sponge City on the Delta

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: The World’s Remaining Wetlands and the Intelligence of Water

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,...

Modern Slavery in the Twenty-First Century

Is modern slavery surging, or just better counted? Inside the contested 49.6 million figure, forced-labour supply chains and the new trade crackdown.

Shenzhen, China: Electrifying the Megacity

GREEN CITIES SERIES  |  ARTICLE 10 In 2017, Shenzhen became the first city in the world to operate a fully electric public bus fleet. In...

Experiments with Truth: The Life of Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was a huge influence on me during my formative years and a major factor in my involvement in the peace movement from...

Cultural and Religious Perspectives on Reincarnation and Past Lives

I have long had a fascination with the concept of reincarnation and past lives reinforced by exploration via my shamanic training and other exploratory...

Ubuntu Philosophy: : African Wisdom -I Am Because We Are

The African philosophical concept of Ubuntu—"I am because we are"—captures this relational dimension of human flourishing. Desmond Tutu explained Ubuntu as opposite to Descartes'...

Reading the Book of Nature: The Alchemical Medicine of Paracelsus

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...

Unseen Forces: A Contemporary Exploration of the Esoteric Vision of Manly Palmer Hall

Introduction: The Sage of Los Angeles Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990) stands as one of the twentieth century's most prolific and influential esoteric scholars, whose work...

Alan Watts’ Philosophy and Its Contemporary Relevance

Introduction Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) emerged as one of the most influential interpreters of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences during the twentieth century. His unique...

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