First There Must Be an End

"I don’t write to announce the end of the world or to change the minds of those who are convinced that the world as we have known it can be saved or made sustainable. I write for anyone who has found themselves, as I have, needing to make sense of what is ending, how we can talk about it and what tasks are worth taking on in whatever time it turns out that we have."

The Promise of Liberty and the Pain of Separation

We have a civilisation that is unrooted from its embodied past, focused on separation and the “objective” world intelligible to the rational mind, and which has lost its ability to sense the relationships in the whole and feel the suffering that we inflict on other life forms.

‘The Grab’ | Conspiring to Control the World’s Food and Water

Seven years in the making, 'The Grab' examines the money and purpose behind secretive land and water grabs by some of the world's most powerful entities. The mix of players includes corporations and governments, farmers and mercenaries, activists and informants. Interview with the investigative journalist who brought the story to light.

Philanthropy as a Territory of Transition

This article focuses on philanthropy as a territory of transition, rebalancing wealth, knowledge and power while repairing historical injustices. It explores that philanthropy can exacerbates our current exploitative system through undemocratic and unaccountable processes; by increasing endowments through existing market mechanisms; and through a lack of imagination on how to support the…

Tam Hunt

Tam Hunt is a renewable energy lawyer, philosopher and writer. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, and Hilo, Hawaii. When he's not reading and writing, he's playing tennis, hanging out with friends or traveling. His work in philosophy looks at the intersection of science and spirituality, the mind-body problem, evolutionary theory, and the philosophy of physics. He also writes regularly…

Desert Blues | The Music Moves in Circles

There is no doubt that the “desert blues” musicians of West Africa connect so easily with international audiences because of the similarity of their music with blues and blues-rock. It seems that the music has emanated from the Sahel and the Sahara to America then Europe and back to Africa.

Crone Wisdom | The Soul of Community

Andrea Mathieson, well known for building community through her women’s circles and webinars, recently invited four remarkable women to share some of the unique crone wisdom they had collected over decades of community involvement. 

Finding Ben | Mental Health, Justice, and Healing

After his son took his own life, a veteran journalist finds healing and hope in a San Quentin Prison men's group called Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP). A new journalism Fellowship for improved mental health reporting gives voice to the silenced. VIDEO | ESSAY | INTERVIEW