Waste is the heartbeat of the multi-headed dragon of our modern social crisis. Waste in the linear system of materials use is unseen. If waste was a character in a Shakespearen play, waste would be the person banished from the kingdom, externalized, hidden away from the main course of events…

The alienation of modern society from the environment is the result of thinking humans are outside of nature. Too many have never felt a sense of belonging with nature, and thinking will never get us there. Close encounters with nature bring a new sense of belonging, and inspire a new…

The future is difficult for us to envision, but we must. Humans were able to design goods without plastics for thousands of years. With our ingenuity, we can design a better system. The 1841 book by Charles Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, highlights excesses to which…