"Throwing soup on a painting may be a sub-optimal way of drawing attention to the climate crisis. But it’s an act of desperation from a generation being robbed of their future, and we should talk about the crisis instead of mocking the _...Read More_

"The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change and other pressing planetary _...Read More_

>"A growing body of research suggests human behavior on social media is strikingly similar to collective behavior in nature."

>"“All things share the same breath—the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.” —Chief Seattle Keeping the Gretas in School As the Greta Thunberg movement of school strikes has put on display, _...Read More_

"Flags can be useful as tools of anti-colonial resistance, but we must leave them behind if we are going to build a new concept of community that extends past species and sovereignty and nation."

"Eric Voegelin and Hans Kelsen fled the Nazis. In the US, they clashed over the nature of modernity and government"

"Focusing too much on personal behavior or consumption choices is a strategic blunder for those who want to make the world better."

>"For decades, America gave China a vision of future prosperity. But today, America has mostly ceased to offer a model for China or anywhere else, leaving China’s leaders without a guide as they chart a course into a future filled with _...Read More_

>"Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel."

>"A new origins-based system for classifying minerals reveals the huge geochemical imprint that life has left on Earth. It could help us identify other worlds with life too."

>"In seeking a means to heal our wounded planet, we should look to the painstaking, cautious craft of art conservation"

>"Climate activists & others often frame our responsibility to protect our planet in capitalist terms. What if, instead, we cared for the world’s future inhabitants like aunts?"

The gate that bars most modern, industrialized people from access to nonhuman realms has to be broken open.

>"Tomás Saraceno explores different ways we can inhabit this planet – in collaboration with other species, and in "cloud cities" that float in the sky."

>"The conversation about climate change mitigation needs to shift from simply reducing carbon emissions to ensuring that developing nations can take part in a diversified green economy."