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Sex, Maturity, and the End of Civilizational Shame
By Geoffrey Holland On a planet of more than eight billion human beings, sexuality is not an exception. It is a background condition of life. Every day, in every culture, in every nation, in every social class, human beings fall in love, touch, imagine, long, bond, self-soothe, reproduce, and seek pleasure and intimacy. By even the most conservative estimates, well over a billion acts of sexual expression—partnered and solitary—take place on Earth every single day. Sexuality
The Politics of the Hydrogen Age
By Geoffrey Holland Humanity stands at the hinge of history — a moment when the forces that shaped the last two centuries are collapsing under their own weight. The fossil-fueled world that lifted billions out of poverty has also destabilized the atmosphere, emptied the oceans, scorched the forests, and eroded trust in the institutions that govern us. It has given us wealth but cost us wisdom; it has extended life but threatened the future of life itself. And yet, within this
A Life Without Illusion
By Geoffrey Holland Most of us are born into stories we did not choose. They arrive early and quietly, wrapped in language, tradition, and custom. They tell us how the world works, who holds authority, what success looks like, and which questions are better left unasked. For a time, these stories feel stabilizing. They give us belonging. They simplify complexity. They offer certainty in a world that can otherwise feel overwhelming. But illusion has a cost. Eventually, if we a
Women at the Center
Reflections on Native American Partnership Culture By Geoffrey Holland For thousands of years before European colonization reshaped the North American continent, Indigenous cultures lived within social structures that differed profoundly from the domination-heavy systems that would later overtake them. Far from being marginal, women across many Native American nations were essential to governance, diplomacy, ecological stewardship, and the preservation of culture. Their roles
Oceans in Peril
Oceans in Peril The oceans are the beating heart of our living planet. They regulate climate, absorb carbon, feed billions By Geoffrey Holland The oceans are the beating heart of our living planet. They regulate climate, absorb carbon, feed billions, and shape the rhythms of life itself. Now, after centuries of relentless human exploitation, this vast blue pelagic lifeforce is under extraordinary strain. The story of our seas is the story of human civilization — onward and u
Feeding the Future
Agriculture Must Transform to Heal the Earth By Geoffrey Holland The way we grow food has become a moral and ecological crisis. The same system that once fed rapidly expanding civilization is now stripping the fertility from farmlands, poisoning fresh water supplies, and destabilizing the climate. Humanity’s success as a food-producing species has become its greatest liability. The Old Agriculture Model: Productivity at Any Cost Industrial agriculture—fueled by fossil energy,
Becoming One: A Conversation Across the Threshold
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.
Revisiting Hazel Henderson’s ‘Politics of the Solar Age
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.
We’re All on a Raft Together
"The destiny of humans cannot be separated from the destiny of the Earth." – Thomas Berry, Cultural Historian
Kinship and Commitment
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.
A Metaphor for Human Overreach
“Collapse is what happens when denial meets biology.” – Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Bonobos in the Mist
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.
What Our World Needs Most at this Moment
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.
Our Obligation as Earth Caregivers
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 Color of Virtue
The story begins with the emergence of humans as a distinct species about 200,000 years ago.
Common Human Purpose
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.
A Dialogue with Katherine Spiller, Executive Editor, MS. Magazine
Katherine Spillar – Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine After becoming active in the feminist movement, Kathy Spillar quickly rose as a...
Feeding Eight Billion Sustainably: The Emerging Era of Living Within Nature’s Limits
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
A MAHB Dialogue with Paulo Magalhães, Founder, Common Home for Humanity
Geoffrey Holland – Your focus is on the creation of a common legal framework that would define how humanity relates to our Earth system....
A MAHB Dialogue with Angelou Ezeilo, Author, ‘Engage, Connect, Protect’
Geoff Holland – Your book, Engage, Connect , Protect offers a powerful message to young people of color. Can you summarize that message?...
“I wish for a world where we live in partnership rather than domination; where ‘man’s conquest of nature’ is recognized as suicidal and sacrilegious; where power is no longer equated with the blade, but with the holy chalice: the ancient symbol of the power to give, nurture, enhance life.” Riane Eisler, Author and Voice for ‘The Partnership Way’
“Fortunately, nature is amazingly resilient: places we have destroyed, given time and help, can once again support life … We must all join that fight before it is too late.” Jane Goodall – Iconic voice for nature
“I think that every faith, and indeed every political belief, has to put human survival as the number one goal.” Julian Cribb, Principal Advocate, The Earth System Treaty
“Partnership among all humans, on a global scale, is how we survive our worst instincts.” Geoffrey Holland
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