When a point in the distance becomes the entire space in which you exist, in all of its complexity For as long as I can remember, the discussion around climate change has been constructed out of a series of strict binaries. The biggest one being—is it happening or is
The second annual Crisis Palace feel good guide to year end giving This week I have been thinking a lot about philanthropy because as the year winds to a close we are doing some 2021 planning for Inside Philanthropy, the site where I am currently an editor. I’ve been
I would like to see the baby I am wiped out at the end of a long week, but one of the things I’ve been focusing on that I thought I could talk about here today was this panel that I moderated yesterday for the UNFCCC secretariat, which is
So the last will be first, and the first will be last Today I want to talk about the Bible, and I imagine some of you will be like, ah finally I love the Bible and some of you might be like ah I don’t know about this. Either
Don't miscast the role of activists as a source of power to influence elections instead of in the pursuit of ideals Talk began almost immediately after election night about the fate of the Democratic Party and to what extent it was a success or a failure, and who
'Finding ourselves here, witnesses to each other’s tenderness, which, this moment, is fury' Well it has been quite an exhausting week or month or insert period of time here. It is looking increasingly certain that Joe Biden will be the next president and 45 is on his
The Uninhabitable Beach House Mitch goes for a swim, from The Beach House (2019). Welcome to the second annual Haunted Palace, the spooktacular Halloween edition of this newsletter, which should give you a good scare. You can read last year’s edition here. Also, there will be spoilers for the
Climate action, we were told, would be distant, gradual, and painless Butterflies and moths,.London & Edinburgh,T.C. & E.C. Jack[1910]. I was going to write about something else today but I was reading about the debate last night and there was some climate talk that actually
A conversation with Tamiko Beyer. 'Poetry is this moment where you can actually start to shift reality through language.' From Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851 ). Tamiko Beyer is a poet, writer, activist, and communications strategist. Her 2013 poetry collection We Come Elemental is
Those at the top will follow, because the world has changed around them Autumn, Helmer Osslund, 1907 Well, we seem to really be in the shit now folks, hold on tight. We did a lot of election talk last week and there is some a little further down there don’
We knew it was going to be like this, but that doesn’t mean we are short on surprises A history of the birds of Europe :.London :Published by the Author,1871-1881.. I don’t know what to say about Donald Trump having COVID, and there are not enough
'Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice' The butterflies of the British Isles /.London :F. Warne,1906. Well it has been another rough week and I will link to related stories below but I wanted to get down some more thoughts on Where Do