How do we teach the next generation to value the Earth and its bounty? For Allister Thompson, the author of Birch and Jay, the answer is to tell […]

Books about the environment can be gloomy, inspiring, or poignant: after all, we are talking about saving the planet (or at least ourselves). But it is a rare […]

Over the past century, something precious has begun to quietly disappear: the awesome spectacle of the night sky. Light pollution, however, creates more than just an aesthetic impact. […]

German sociologist Jens Beckert, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, has examined our global situation, applied his version of “considered realism,” and would […]

In times of turmoil, the long view offers great comfort. Whether we examine ancient structures and ecosystems or simply observe the torpid progression of geological time, we know […]