Mass Extinction and the Confederate Flag
I’m as horrified as anyone else at the terrorist attack that left nine people dead at a historic South Carolina church. And I’m disgusted by the…
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The “I Am NOT an Animal!” Symposium
It's the big question – perhaps the only one that truly matters right now: "Why is it that, despite the continuing work of animal protection, conservation and ecological groups,…
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Is the Stock Market a Global Ponzi Scheme?
Well, everything seems to be back to normal on Wall Street after a rocky start to the week. So what happened? Are we OK? We’re certainly back to “normal” if your…
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The End of Capitalism?
On December 25th, 1991, the hammer and sickle flag was lowered over the Kremlin, and the Soviet Union came to an end. The communist system that had controlled much of the world…
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Half the World’s Wildlife Destroyed in the Last 40 Years
In a sane world, it would be headline news. Everything else would immediately come to a screeching halt to make way for a massive, worldwide attempt to turn things around. (Of…
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Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible
One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is…
Mass Extinction and the Confederate Flag
An Emerging Consciousness
Authentic Spirituality in the Coming Storm
Global Warming As Sung by a Violin
How Ebola Is Killing Our Cousins
If chimpanzees and gorillas had their own version of the Internet, they’d probably be posting headlines like: Gorillas Face Extinction as Invasive Species Rampages through ForestsHumans…
Half the World’s Wildlife Destroyed in the Last 40 Years
In a sane world, it would be headline news. Everything else would immediately come to a screeching halt to make way for a massive, worldwide attempt…
Yazidis, Ethnic Cleansing & the Denial of Death
Two weeks ago, I’d never even heard of the Yazidi people. This week, they’re top of the news, driven from their homes in Iraq by the…
Previous Extinction Was Largely Bad Timing
Their reign lasted roughly 170 million years, and the latest news is that what finally did them in wasn’t simply the notorious asteroid that slammed into…
An Emerging Consciousness – Part Two
Does the empathy that certain people have with nonhuman life constitute the seed of a new kind or level of consciousness?
Could it be possible for a body of people, who are of like mind and heart in relation to our fellow animals, to give rise to a new kind of collective consciousness?
At a time of mass extinction, it’s a notion that, however fanciful, may be the only future available to us.
An Emerging Consciousness
(This is one of a series of posts exploring how, as chaos grows around the world and a Sixth Extinction takes hold, a new kind of collective consciousness…
Authentic Spirituality in the Coming Storm
Once you’ve accepted that Planet Earth has entered a Sixth Great Extinction – one that’s irreversible and that will consume most, if not all, species, including…
Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible
One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that…
The Great Irony in Showtime’s Climate Show
There’s a terrible irony right there in the opening sequence of the first episode of the new Showtime series Years of Living Dangerously. Nelly Montez describes…
Noah: Life Without Humans
While traveling this week, I had a chance to see the movie Noah. (If you haven’t yet seen it, watch out for a minor spoiler alert…
Hope Springs Eternal
In this week’s climate-change quiz, we ask: Who wrote the following when discussing how to avoid the growing global catastrophe? The glass is either half empty…
Endgame – What We Can Do
Derrick Jensen is one of the few people you’ll come across who are passionate about both the “environment” and all the living creatures. (Climate change activists…
"The Evidence Is Overwhelming"
Scientists tend to err on the side of being ultra-conservative. It’s built into the system. Their work is always being reviewed and picked apart by other…
A Teenager’s Question about Mass Extinction
At the end of her talk at the Seattle Town Hall about her book The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert takes questions from the audience. The final…
How to Have a Humorous Discussion about Mass Extinction
How do you talk about the end of the world on a comedy show? That was the challenge for Jon Stewart when he invited Elizabeth Kolbert…
Of Marius, Zoos and Prince William
Bengt Holst is bewildered. He can’t figure out why everyone is so upset about his zoo knocking off Marius the giraffe. Holst is the science director…
Beyond the Tipping Point
In a recent post, I talked with climate scientist Guy McPherson about Near-Term Extinction. He explained how, thanks to the ways we’re affecting the climate, we’re…
What Does Near-Term Extinction Mean?
By now, more people are at least beginning to understand that we have a serious problem with climate change. Scientists used to tell us that we…
It Really Is the Sixth Great Extinction
This movie from Last Hours only takes 10 minutes to watch and is one of the clearest, simplest explanations of what’s now taking place on Planet…