>"“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_

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

>"Evolution is extraordinarily creative in the wake of a cataclysm. How does life keep steadily ticking over in between?"

>"If we manage to find intelligent life somewhere in the cosmos, then, strange as it may be, at least it will provide evidence that we are not alone in bearing the burden of _...Read More_

>"Can gravity, pressure, and other elemental forces save us from becoming a battery-powered civilization?"

Syllabus for the Internet Labors of Love The work of Ivan Illich can provide an antidote to fears about automation _...Read More_

[#philosophy](/culture/new/philosophy) & culture. plastic is merging with us. We become plastic repositories simply by going about our daily lives. As plastic accumulates, it alters our relationship with ourselves: It can sterilize by blocking fallopian tubes, it can _...Read More_

In a way, we’re living in our ancestors’ utopia. If they could have wit­nessed our lives today, they probably wouldn’t have believed their eyes: all the food you can eat, a minimum of hard manual labor, the expectation to see all your _...Read More_

>"Saving the planet starts with saving the communities the fossil fuel industry tends to trample."

So can philosophy. The major schools of philosophy in antiquity – Platonism, Stoicism, Aristotelianism and, my favourite, Epicureanism, addressed the question of the good life directly. The philosophers all subscribed to an ideal of ‘life _...Read More_

It would be impossible to visit or live in Indonesia and not be exposed to one of the country's most highly developed art forms, batik. On your first visit to a batik store or factory you will _...Read More_

[#Relevant](/culture/new/Relevant) [#nature](/culture/new/nature) The most powerful renewable energy

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