Author: Arnold Eyre, Ottawa. Introduction Greek philosopher Plato (c.425–347 B.C.) defined a democracy as “the authority of the crowd”, and predicted that when enough members of “the crowd” realize that […]
Margaret Mead, anthropologist
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead, anthropologist
New quote from Immanuel Kant
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. – Immanuel Kant
Against Ecocide: Can we Provide Legal Protection for the Earth and its Inhabitants?
Against Ecocide: Legal Protection for Earth addresses the question of whether we have the institutional tools to address ecocide as a crime. A new article by Femke Wijdekop , August 2016 […]
What We as a People Can Do
Citizen action on climate change is needed to facilitate change, and, by extension, change in other fields too. This week’s post features a chapter in a recent book Our Renewable […]