Inspiration

A Glossary of the Unthinkable

Published in Humans and Nature, the literary journal of The Center for Humans and Nature

Today's score: bad news-9. Good news-1.

Patagonia's founder gave the business and its profits to fight climate change.

Weapons of choice

Now Ruth is gone and ruthlessness remains. How will we fight for our right to an abortion?

Nine footprints

“If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter in the world– behind China and the US.” Motivated by...

The Chemistry Experiment

“The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extrahuman architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.”...

Conversation: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Setsuko Thurlow

A “conversation”: J. Robert Oppenheimer's report on nuclear effects and Setsuko Thurlow’s Nobel Peace Prize speech on abolishing nukes

Black Swan

March 11, 2011: Fukushima nuclear plant systems detected an earthquake. The reactors automatically shut down and emergency diesel...

I read the news today, oh boy

2020 reminds me of the extended, dissonant orchestral ascent of Lennon/McCartney’s A Day in the Life.

Black Rain 2020

Memorializing the words of Taeko Teramae, age 15 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was 0.5 km from the hypocenter.

Finding your voice

"I’ve seen the world tell us with wars and real estate developments and bad politics and odd court decisions that our lives don’t matte