Scientists are busy looking for high-tech geoengineering solutions to our most pressing ecological problems, namely, climate change. A few of the ideas that have been considered thus far include: placing giant mirrors in outer space to deflect the sun’s rays,1...
Regenerating People and Planet The horizon of a new year beckons for bold commitments and inner resolve. What changes would we like to see take place, what promises do we make to ourselves on this new clean slate? Â While many will no doubt persist with the age-old...
This futuristic-looking glass orb harnesses 35% more of the Sun’s energy than now-familiar solar panels. A rotating glass orb focuses concentrated sunlight onto a small surface of solar panels, while tracking the sun’s position in the sky. This is an aesthetically...
BIRTH OF A PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties By Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner with Gary Bravo Introduction by John Perry Barlow 240 pages, 8 x 10 inches. Illustrated with rare photos No understanding of...
Boyan Slat, is a 20-year-old Dutch man on a mission. After dedicating his teenage years to ridding the world of floating plastic in the ocean, he has committed to finding a way of collecting it. (Boyan is also mentioned extensively in our new title, The...
There is a tradition in geology where a golden spike is inserted into a layer of rock, signifying the historical beginning, of different geologic events. Andrew Revkin, in a October 16, 2014 New York Times Opinion blog, discusses his role in the Anthropocene...