The Problem with “More”

Our globalized world lures us to crave more. The culture of “more” is a culture of not enough, accumulation and conquest, and sought but constantly deferred satiety. Every time we text message or update Instagram, researchers tell us that our brains loop in a dopamine cycle of neurological yearning.

The Selling of the Soul

Addictions are an indication of where we still long to be loved. What the selling of the soul has in common with trouble and craving is the instant gratification that the ego thrives on.

A Tale of Two Pipelines

Malinda | We came together as a community, saying to the corporation, Williams Partners, "We're not going to stand by and let you destroy our land. We will stand between you and the land if we have to."

Malinda Clatterbuck

Malinda Harnish Clatterbuck is a mother, wife, organizer, pastor, and active community member. She is one of the co-founders of Lancaster Against Pipelines and is a board member of the PA Community Rights Network. Her work involves bringing more awareness to the economic and political injustices of our U.S. system, one which preferences the rights of large corporations while exploiting…

Mallory Rose Spencer

Mallory Rose Spencer is a yoga teacher in Delaware County, PA and a member of the Middletown Coalition for Community Safety (MCCS), a nonpartisan grassroots group of residents whose goal is to educate elected officials and the public regarding the risks associated with the proposed Mariner East 2 pipeline. After learning about the inherent safety risks associated with the construction and…

Daniel Pinchbeck

Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of Breaking Open the Head (Broadway Books, 2002), 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher/Penguin, 2006), and Notes from the Edge Times (Tarcher/Penguin, 2010). His newest book, How Soon is Now (2017), explores the ecological crisis as a rite of passage or initiation for humanity and proposes a "blueprint for the future"—how we must redesign our technical and…