Living Machines as a Possible Treatment for Ibuprofen in Wastewater
The Solutions Box Historically wastewater treatment has focused on disinfection and reducing nutrient concentrations, but there is now growing concern over the increased concentrations of...
View ArticleEating with the Earth, a Great Win-Win
This article features topics discussed in the 50th Anniversary Edition of my book, Diet for a Small Planet, released September 2021. This version features a brand-new opening chapter, simple rules for...
View ArticleComplaining Can Shrink Your Brain
Everyone either knows a complainer or is a complainer. With the pressing issues facing our society, it’s easy to fall into complaining. However, complaining is not as innocent as it appears. In fact,...
View ArticleInvesting in Nature to Transform the Post COVID-19 Economy. A 10-point Action...
Introduction In the last 50 years, the biosphere, upon which humanity depends, has been altered to an unparalleled degree[i]. The current fossil-based economy is putting at risk not only life on our...
View ArticleReckoning GDP by Counting Chemical Bond Exchanges
In Brief Measuring production in money leads to the production of more money and less wellbeing across a country. Money is a moving measuring stick. An objective, science-based account of economic...
View ArticleNFTs As Climate Solutions: How Changes In Crypto Are Thrilling Activists and...
The first thing I read about NFTs (non-fungible tokens) highlighted their heinous environmental impact. It focused on how a shuttered coal plant had been re-opened to meet the energy demand for crypto...
View ArticleReflections on Regenerative Urban Park Development
Last month, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion related to the development of Parque Intraurbano Jurica in Querétaro, Mexico. It was an honor to join my colleagues Drs. Javier Carillo...
View ArticleMeat the Future, a solution for humane and climate conscious animal agriculture
Liz Marshall (Liz Mars) and Bullfrog Films As someone who chooses plant-based foods in order to lessen the climate and environmental impacts from conventional meat production, I am encouraged by Meat...
View ArticleAligning Values of Place
On January 5th, 1914, Henry Ford disrupted the entire United States and the world’s industrial economy when he announced manufacturing wages in his factories were now $5 a day. While flawed in...
View ArticleLearning New Ways of Becoming Human
“What has been missing is the human element, and what is at issue is the human gap. The human gap is the distance between growing complexity and our capacity to cope with it.” “No Limits to Learning”...
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