The Art of Being Present & Alert
Reclaiming Awareness in a World of Distraction
Theme archive
Musings on Climate and Ecology
Climate change, ecological breakdown, environmental limits, and the planetary pressures reshaping society.
The Planet is Still Trying to Teach Us
There are moments when a handful of simple observations can dismantle an entire civilisation’s illusion of superiority.
The Weight of Witness
There’s a particular satisfaction in dispensing advice about other people’s sorrows.
Climate Change Policies
Deploying Eco-pragmatism to Frame Action
The Bandwidth of Sorrow
On Exhaustion, Empire, and the Faint Light Still Coming Through
Using Capital Wisely
The changing nature of capital and its use
The Blind Strategist
Why Conventional Strategy Cannot See the World it Claims to Navigate
What The Text Does Not Say
In defence of authenticity in authorship
Food: The Operating System Of A Dying World
I have spent much of my life staring at the dashboard of a civilisation that thinks it’s steering, while in reality its strapped to the front of a runaway helter-skelter, applauding its own acceleration.
United in Principle
The Lingering Death of an Empire on Paper
Punishing Conscience
The UK Prison System and Environmental Activism
A Picture of Wellness
Proactive Health in the Context of Change
An Attractor Nobody Sees
How Civilisational Dissolution Reorganises Itself
The Truth-Teller and the Truth
How Living Systems Defend their Identity
Same God. Same Logic
Beginning where the discomfort is greatest
Beyond the Breaking Point
Reimagining a Future Beyond Capitalism
Outgrowing the Economy
Breaking the Cult of More and More Stuff
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