Miriam Sims

Our attention is sacred. It’s an act of worship in itself. An act of spiritual, mental, and emotional formation. When you give something your attention – a movie, a conversation, a project at work – you’re declaring it the most important thing in your life. It may sound dramatic, but at its core, it’s true. When you pay attention to something,... See more

The instagram generation experiences the present moment as an anticipated memory

The algae does not produce a toxin that is harmful to humans or one that could cause long-term effects. However, exposure can cause:

• skin irritation


• eye irritation


• respiratory symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath.

These symptoms resolve within several hours after leaving the beach and adjacent area.

Karenia mikimotoi

Another warning light for the biosphere has just started flashing.The increasing acidification of the ocean - a process driven by the burning of fossil fuels - has crossed its safe limit for the first time ever, putting all marine life and ecosystems at risk.Ocean acidification is the 7th of 9 natural processes that regulate Earth’s... See more

Andrew: You’re convinced we’re definitely going down, and fast. You’ve shut the door. Joanna Macy still holds that door open. She thinks we might make it through, though we very certainly may not. I pressed her on it. Was she just hedging her bets? No. And she’s designed her work to prepare us for both possibilities. I sum up her existential

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One of my favorite ways of understanding nature creating more possibilities, is to watch water move through the world. Water creates the ways for itself, moving with gravity, moving around obstacles, wearing down obstacles, reshaping the world. When there isn’t an overt way forward, water seeps into the land, becomes a vapor in the sky, freezes

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