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Experiencing Joy and Finding Meaning in the Climate Emergency
A reflective journey on hope, purpose, and our shared human experience amidst dissonance and climate challenges.
How I have contributed to making the Amazon River go dry.
In 1856, American Scientist Eunice Foote discovered the effects of global warming. In 1896, Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist,…
The Agency Problem and Constraints
My wife, Anne, and I were having our fruit and oatmeal breakfast this morning after I had done my meditation and treadmill time. I guess…
The Gift of Insight and Community: Feeling hopeful in a time of crisis
In the recent blog post “The Gifts we are Given and Whole Systems Change” David Patterson, Common Earth founder, wrote of two gifts: The…
The Mathematical Beauty of Nature’s Designs
As you can imagine, we have some pretty interesting conversations and links shared within our team here at Common Earth. This week it was…
Things Are Moving Fast
I am Mark Dolan and I have completed Common Earth Modules 1 and 2. The program has hooked me. What I do with the knowledge is where I am…
Environmental Activism in the Time of “Global Boiling”.
Global Boiling – A Sobering Reality Last week, the UN Secretary-General made a striking remark that resonates deeply with the current…
This IS Happening! but we STILL have Choices
Absolute Heat Limits Exist for all Organisms and Machines Have you ever parked and left your cell phone on the car seat on a hot sunny…
Biomimicry For the Sake of Our Common Earth
I was introduced to the Common Earth curriculum by someone I met on the Substack platform where I explore my new hobby of writing. My…
A Breath of Fresh Air in Brazil
On October 30th, Brazilians chose their President for the 2023-2026 term. We can’t say that a new President was elected because the…
