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Ecofeminism: Women’s Rights are Nature’s Rights
What is Ecofeminism? Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism that recognizes the relationship between the destruction of the environment, and the marginalization of women. According to ecofeminists, the exploitation of nature and the oppression of women are inextricably...
Crucial Lessons in Planetary Stewardship
What was it like to be "quarantined" inside a giant laboratory for twenty-four months? Our new book Life Under Glass: Crucial Lessons in Planetary Stewardship from Two Years in Biosphere 2 tells the inside story of Biosphere 2, presenting the only account written...
Observing Earth Day 2020 During a Global Pandemic
The Oil Spill that Inspired Earth Day On January 28, 1969, crude oil and gas erupted from a platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, spilling out into the Pacific waters. It blackened over 800 square miles of ocean, killing thousands of seabirds, marine mammals, and...
Bicycle Day 2020 and the Lessons Learned from LSD
Image credit: Illustration of Albert Hofmann by Jakob Krattiger, 2004 Excerpt From: Dieter Hagenbach, Lucius Werthmüller. “Mystic Chemist”. Apple Books. Bicycle Day 2020: An Interview with Lucius Werthmüller, Co-Author of Mystic Chemist The celebration of ‘Bicycle...
Biopiracy: When Corporations Patent Nature
Since the early 20th century, multinational corporations have repeatedly claimed ownership of nature and indigenous knowledge systems from developing countries by means of patents, turning the biodiversity of the commons into private, commercialized property. This...
Living in a Glass House: Earth as a Closed Ecosystem
Life Under Glass: A Message of Planetary Stewardship We are excited to announce the soon approaching release of the second edition of Life Under Glass: Crucial Lessons in Planetary Stewardship from Two Years in Biosphere 2 which tells the inside story of Biosphere 2,...
‘Spaceship Earth’ and Planetary Stewardship | Sundance 2020
"Spaceship Earth" Documentary on Biosphere 2 Premieres at Sundance Film Festival Last weekend, some of our authors, John Allen and Mark Nelson, along with publisher, Deborah Snyder, attended the premiere of this long awaited film at the Sundance Film Festival in Park...
Peyote Road Reflections
Above: Peyote Meeting at Mirando City, Texas, from Reflections on the Peyote Road, by Jerry Patchen, ESPD50 (photo courtesy of Robert Black) What is Peyote? Peyote, scientifically known as Lophophora williamsii, is a small, spineless cactus native to North America,...
In Loving Memory of Psychedelic Pioneer and Spiritual Teacher Ram Dass
Above: Ram Dass, late 60s, from "Birth of a Psychedelic Culture" Forever Remembering Ram Dass Psychedelic pioneer, countercultural icon, spiritual teacher, and Synergetic Press author Ram Dass passed away last month. He peacefully departed from his body on 22 December...