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- A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are records of enquiries…
- When carbon (C), Oxygen (o) and hydrogen (H) atoms bond in a certain way to form sugar, the resulting compound has a sweet taste. The…
- The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results in…
- The mystic and the physicist arrive at the same conclusion; one starting from the inner realm, the other from the outer world. The harmony between…
- Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or…
- At this point in our global ecological crisis, the survival of humanity will require a fundamental shift in our attitude toward nature: from finding out…
- We do not need to invent sustainable human communities. We can learn from societies that have lived sustainably for centuries. We can also model communities…
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