Human history in the Americas may be twice long as long as previously believed — at least 26,500 years — according to authors of a new study at Mexico’s Chiquihuite cave and other sites throughout Central Mexico. According to the study’s lead author Ciprian Ardelean: “This site alone can’t be considered a definitive conclusion. But […]
Somatic educator, mindful embodiment teacher, and cultural anthropologist Karine Bell joins Terry to examine the nature of multi-generational trauma, how it remains alive in us today, and the collective healing so vital to the well-being of future generations. They consider how colonialism and hyper-individualism have traumatized not just black and brown bodies, but also white
039 Karine Bell – Can Racial Trauma Stop Right Here? Read More »
For everyone who cannot see the Comet Neowise with their own eyes this week — or just wants to see it from a higher perch — this video by artist Seán Doran combines 550 NASA images from the International Space Station into a real-time view of the comet from 250 miles above Earth’s surface and 17,500 mph.
The Comet Neowise as seen from the ISS Read More »
Pleistocene dormouse Leithia melitensis was the size of a house cat. New computer-aided reconstructions show a skull as long as an entire modern dormouse. It’s a textbook example of “island gigantism,” in which, biologists hypothesize, fewer terrestrial predators and more pressure from predatory birds selects for a much larger body size in some island organisms.
Enormous Dormice Once Roamed Mediterranean Islands Read More »
Illustration: Tom Lee at Rocket Visual Human beings have an astonishing evolutionary gift: agile imaginations that can shift in an instant from thinking on a scale of seconds to a scale of years or even centuries. Our minds constantly dance across multiple time horizons. One moment we can be making a quickfire response to a text
Six Ways to Think Long-term: A Cognitive Toolkit for Good Ancestors Read More »
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay The Long Now Foundation has partnered with Avenues: The World School to offer a program on the past, present, and future of innovation. A fully online program for ages 17 and above, the Avenues Mastery Year is designed to equip aspiring
Today is the launch of Creating City Portraits – a methodological guide for downscaling the Doughnut to the city and turning it into a tool for transformative action. The Doughnut is a compass for 21st century thriving – one that aims to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet.
So you want to downscale the Doughnut ? Here’s how. Read More »
Case study | Partago is a Belgium-based car-sharing citizen cooperative enterprise that offers only 100% electric cars. Their mission is to free up space in neighborhoods, reduce carbon emissions and toxic traffic fumes, and make a big dent in the fight against climate change. Here’s how they are using Loomio to bring their mission to
Fighting Climate Change by Sharing the Road Read More »
The Midwest Book Review has given Developmental Politics an “unreservedly recommended” review on their “political science shelf.” Other reviews of DP are also in the works, which I will repost here are they appear. The Political Science Shelf Developmental Politics Steve McIntosh www.stevemcintosh.com Paragon House 3600 Labore Road, Suite 1, St. Paul, MN 55110-4144 https://www.paragonhouse.com/wp
Midwest Book Review of Developmental Politics Read More »
The book has been accepted as a Report to the Club of Rome. The two co-presidents, Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Mamphela Ramphele, write in their foreword: This book is a thoughtful and thought-provoking guide to enable humanity to re-focus on what is essential and to understand life-long learning, education and thinking as a unifying force. Lene
Bildung — Keep Growing Read More »
