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Environmental Activism in the Time of “Global Boiling”.
Melak Mengistab
Melak Mengistab 2 August 2023
2 min read

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
David Patterson
David Patterson 29 July 2023
9 min read

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
Mark Dolan
Mark Dolan 21 July 2023
7 min read

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…

The Common Earth School Club
Olivia Gonzalez
Olivia Gonzalez 16 June 2023
2 min read

The Common Earth School Club

Twice a week from September to this past week, the Saint Michael’s College School Common Earth club in Toronto, Canada has been meeting…

The Gifts we are Given and Whole System Change
David Patterson
David Patterson 15 June 2023
9 min read

The Gifts we are Given and Whole System Change

Here is a little story about the gifts of insight and community. A couple of weeks ago, my wife, Anne and I took a one-week holiday to…

An Emerging System – Where we will want to live!
David Patterson
David Patterson 20 May 2023
8 min read

An Emerging System – Where we will want to live!

1. Basic Services: Lessons from the Blue Whale One of the things that marks our current socio-economic system is that it fails to…

How Can You Be Certain that the Current System is Headed for Collapse?
David Patterson
David Patterson 21 April 2023
9 min read

How Can You Be Certain that the Current System is Headed for Collapse?

What is “possible” and what is “impossible”? In 1928 J.B.S. Haldane, a British scientist, wrote a paper titled “On Being the Right Size.”.

We Now Live in a Caring Society That Puts Carbon in Its Place
David Patterson
David Patterson 18 March 2023
8 min read

We Now Live in a Caring Society That Puts Carbon in Its Place

The introduction to this series described this first essay in the following terms: The first article will lay out what we mean by the…

Our Emerging Future
David Patterson
David Patterson 20 February 2023
8 min read

Our Emerging Future

This text outlines how a group of like-minded colleagues created Common Earth and how they are taking up the challenge of finding a path.

A Love Story
Lyster Matamanda
Lyster Matamanda 15 February 2023
12 min read

A Love Story

You can reach community member and author Lyster Matamanda on LinkedIn Her view from the penthouse was breathtaking. She had a way with…

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