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Human and Animal

How Humans Convinced Themselves They Deserve the Earth — and What It’s Costing Us    I. The Oldest Lie We Tell Ourselves There is a story so deeply embedded in human civilisation that most of us have never thought to question it. It goes something like this: ‘We are special. We are chosen. We are…

Cuba: Before and After Castro’s Revolution

A balanced, source-led account of Cuba before and after the 1959 revolution, examining social gains in health and education, housing and poverty claims, U.S. sanctions, the Bay of Pigs, and the political costs of one-party rule.

Ecological Connectivity/Climate Change and Urban Environments

The Survivability Question: Can Cities Endure the Incoming Global Climate? Can large urban environments continue to be survivable for humans in a world where climate change is disrupting global and local supply chains, where extreme heat, fires, and violent floods are becoming ever more prevalent? This is no longer a speculative question. It is an…