Our Society has definitely become masters at increasing the amount of things we can measure - more and more money, more and more floor space per capita, more and more GDP, and less and less of the things that we can’t measure - how happy we are, levels of intimacy, the authenticity of our communication, ...

Capitalism rewards selfishness and greed, and winning by any means, fair or foul. Therefore Society concludes that this behavior is natural for all Human beings and that it is impossible to establish a Society based on anything except a competitive struggle for private profit. Human nature is said to be competitive, aggressive and selfish. It's just the ...

Focus on seven global challenges - food, forests, water, energy, climate, cities, and the ocean because response to these challenges are intertwined and actions to address one have impacts on others. The effects of climate change are everywhere. Arctic and Antarctic ice is melting, leading to rising sea levels. The frequency and strength of storms is increasing, leaving destruction. And ...

While people generally like to think they are in touch with reality, the uncomfortable truth is that many shield themselves from certain unpleasant facts to make them happier and more productive. From unpleasant insights about Love to the truth about meritocracy, there are inumerous uncomfortable truths people do not like to admit. It is nice to believe ...

Most modern wars are fought over political disagreements, which are pretty shallow, ideological battles. What kind of government are we going to have? Capitalism called communism, or communism called capitalism, or what have you?Those wars are fought out of fear. So we’ll say, 'All right, we’re going to blow those bastards to pieces. We’re afraid ...

You will meet people who made more money than most of us and then spent it all. You will meet people who's names you recognize and yet whose own families have forgotten their faces. You will meet people who drive old cars and wear worn-out clothes and are worth millions. You will meet people who want to smash your creativity ...

Consumerism is at the heart of the matter. You crave for more and more in life, you do not care about the damage cost or the opportunity loss you might have to sustain. Consumerism undermines your quality of life. Consumerism affects your everyday happiness and psychological health. People whose values center on the accumulation of wealth ...

So tell your children you are sorry for what is going on with the climate, but it is not their fault or yours. Tell them some bad people made it too hard to do anything until it was too late. Tell them you will vote for people that might help with the problem. Tell them to study ...

Water came to unify us, not to separate us, but to reconcile us. God gave enough water for everyone and all nations should understand that the water is for everyone, the Humans, the animals, the Earth, the birds. Water is the one thing that ties us together.Ihab Bhala, Sufi Mystic To most cultures water is our ...

Even people who believe in climate change are climate change deniers: you might know, intellectually, that our World is coming to an end. But it is hard to truly register this fact, the same way you both do and do not believe that you will one day die. Most of us are asleep, no matter how ...

Things tend to get only a little bit bad before suddenly the whole system collapses. Network relationships connect all species on Earth. Remove one or two species, and the network compensates as if nothing has happened. Remove enough, and an entire ecosystem dies. Managing the interconnected Earth requires joint efforts across an extraordinary breadth of expertise. Scientists are ...

When animals die out, the last survivor is called an endling. It is a word of soft beauty, heartbreaking solitude, and chilling finality. Endlings are avatars of loss. In the midst of Earth’s sixth mass extinction, these singular creatures embody the crisis facing our dwindling fauna and our failure to avert it. By the time a species is down to ...