The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future

Massive volcanic eruptions, dramatic tectonic plate drift and continent formation, and devastating asteroid and cometary collisions are among the causes of the known five global extinction events that occurred during the past 440 million years. We are now witnessing a sixth wave of extinction, known as the Holocene extinction or, to many people, th

The LESS approach to sustainability: Individuals should critically examine what they eat, how they use energy and water, how much garbage they produce, and how they dispose of it. The approach should focus on LESS: less meat, less energy, less water, less garbage.

how a finite and spherical Universe filled with mutually attracting chunks of matter would not collapse into a huge blob at its center. In other words, to what could we attribute the stability of the Universe as a whole? Newton then introduced a revolutionary idea. The Universe, he claimed, must be infinite. Only then, attractions from all directio

is as if nonliving systems have an information content that is nearly frozen—a repeatable history from inception to end—while living systems have an information content that is fluid—an unpredictable history from inception to end. Fires and hurricanes don’t evolve from ancestors.

At this juncture in human history, we must take responsibility for how our business investments reflect our values, or lack of them.

Consumers have the power to shape corporations and their policies. The logic is simple: if consumers don’t buy, corporations don’t sell and are forced to change their practices.

Dinosaurs existed for more than 150 million years, undergoing many mutations. However, they didn’t become intelligent, at least not the kind of intelligence that builds technological civilizations.

being in Nature evoked a feeling of belonging to something bigger, opening a pathway to a spiritual connection with the Cosmos that transcended the passage of time.

Life is matter with intentionality.

You are never alone when the world is your family.