Leave it to the Oscars to give us a window into the individual and collective shadow that is running our world — even with all of our noble talk of equity, mutual respect, and finding a way to, Kumbayah… While my vote is to ban Smith from all awards shows…

I appreciate your essay. This is indeed a current mine field... or, better still, as you put it, a circular firing squad. I have been very involved with the Deep Adaptation community since its inception and have very mixed feelings about its groundedness and effectiveness. It is a loose knit…

“Pain is the price of consciousness in a threatened and suffering world. It is not only natural; it is an absolutely necessary component of our collective healing.” Joanna Macy Coming Back to Life By the time I published my book about Climate change and the human-caused predicament (The Impossible Conversation…

It really doesn’t have to be this way. Growing up with a mother who was a flaming alcoholic meant, for me, an out of control, usually raging firestorm in our little house every other day or so. …