Ivan Illich’s book, Deschooling Society, released in 1971, takes a bold stance on education. At a time when schools were expanding everywhere in the postwar West, Illich argued that traditional [...] Read more

Surviving Progress explores the dangerous paradox at the heart of modern civilization: what we call "progress" might actually be leading us toward collapse. Based on Ronald Wright’s concept of the [...] Read more

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released on Wednesday says the Arctic is set to warm more than three and a half times faster than the global average over the next five [...] Read more

Picture yourself at the top of a hill. You’ve just been hiking for an hour without any breakfast. From your backpack you pull out a piece of stale bread, some sweaty olives, cheese, and whatever [...] Read more

By Maria Popova “I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being,” James Baldwin observed as he offered his lifeline for the hour of despair. “I am aware that [...] Read more

Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions remains a classic “wake‐up call” on the perils of collective irrationality. While its [...] Read more

Overview Restoring the Kinship Worldview is a compelling anthology that presents 28 precepts rooted in Indigenous wisdom, aiming to guide humanity towards a more balanced and interconnected [...] Read more

Unlike previous extinction events caused by natural phenomena, the sixth mass extinction is driven by human activity, primarily (though not limited to) the unsustainable use of land, water, and [...] Read more

Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see Photo by NOAA Read more [...] Read more

Abstract Mass loss from ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica has quadrupled since the 1990s and now represents the dominant source of global mean sea-level rise from the cryosphere. This has raised [...] Read more