I explore here the diversity of responses – my own and others’ – to existential threats like extreme climate change … and I offer one way to map and make sense of those responses. This essay makes an interesting companion to my earlier essay Crisis Fatigue and the Co-Creation of …
Concerns about civilizational collapse and human extinction in the foreseeable future are rising and moving from the fringes into the mainstream. Many …
Climate change is so big and pervasive we can hardly see it. There’s almost nothing in our collective lives that is bigger …
This remarkable description of systemic problems in the quasi-democracy of the US, and of the proper conception of “the public” and its …
Entertainment media like soap operas and video games are being used for social change – to shift the embedded stories of our …
In March 2014 the giant Great March for Climate Action will begin its 8 month cross-country activist trek. I believe it has …
Research shows that individuals bend facts and math to align with their existing views. But does this happen when they’re in high …
In the midst of a lot of confusing and wild reports from all sides about the Syrian situation, I found three articles …
Here are seven compelling videos that invite us into empathic relationship with the lives of others and/or exemplify different dimensions of empathy …
What this message is about: We had a fairly successful fundraiser, but we’re still tight. It is interesting to contemplate tight times in the …