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In a world of accelerating complexity, where technology races ahead and human beings search for deeper meaning, something extraordinary is happening quietly, in intimate exchanges not unlike this one.

In a world emersed in severe ecological overshoot, extreme economic inequality, and the unraveling of social trust, few scholars have offered such a compelling alternative to our current reality than Hazel Henderson. Her 1981 book, The Politics of the Solar Age, anticipated many of the ideas now emerging in mainstream policy discourse; from redefining economic indicators to transitioning to clean renewable energy, from valuing unpaid labor to reshaping global governance.

"The destiny of humans cannot be separated from the destiny of the Earth." – Thomas Berry, Cultural Historian

Correcting the human course now is our only good option. It’s about surviving the consequences of our extreme human overreach, particularly in recent decades.

“Collapse is what happens when denial meets biology.” – Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

The precious, irreplaceable biodiversity of life on Earth is collapsing. We humans are entirely responsible. A hundred years ago, there were about two billion humans on Earth.

Humans have been sharing stories since our beginnings as stone age hunter-gatherers. Telling good stories is one of the most powerful tools we have for shaping cultural change.

The thing that we all share, regardless of gender-identity, ethnicity, or nationality, is a common human ancestor. We all come from the same human beginnings; the same mother and father.

The story begins with the emergence of humans as a distinct species about 200,000 years ago.

The biosphere we all depend on is failing. The evidence is overwhelming. It’s getting worse by the day. The massive, climate-driven fire storms that recently incinerated Los Angeles are clear evidence.

Katherine Spillar – Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine After becoming active in the feminist movement, Kathy Spillar quickly rose as a...

At the current rate of loss, some 12 million hectares of agricultural land per year are rendered useless, an area equivalent to the arable land of Germany, Poland, or Ethiopia.” Phillip Lymbery, Sixty Harvests Left

Geoffrey Holland – Your focus is on the creation of a common legal framework that would define how humanity relates to our Earth system....

Geoff Holland – Your book, Engage, Connect , Protect offers a powerful message to young people of color. Can you summarize that message?...

‘…from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.’ - Charles Darwin, Origin of the Species

Women and Young People are Key Constituents By Geoffrey Holland “The evidence is compelling that human exceptionalism is a deeply-flawed...

Geoff Holland – If you were an omniscient observer watching over life on Earth at this moment, what would you see? Jelani Cobb – I would...

Geoff Holland – Your academic focus began with plant-based agriculture. What attracted you to become a leading researcher on farming and...

Deep ecology does not see the world as a collection of isolated objects but rather as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally...

The Shame that Goes with Killing for Fun By Geoffrey Holland For humans, there was a time when hunting and killing animals was about...