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Why We Need Greener Cities

Why We Need Greener Cities By Dorin David If someone offers you a glass of dirty water, obviously you don’t drink it. Maybe after walking thirsty in a dessert for a couple of days, but Read more…

April 8, 2024

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Kritik jenseits polarisierender Selbstvergewisserung: Hamas, Israel und die deutsche Diskussionskultur

Kritik jenseits polarisierender Selbstvergewisserung: Hamas, Israel und die deutsche Diskussionskultur Von Markus Dreßler —For the English version of this blog post, please click here— Der Terrorangriff der Hamas vom 7. Oktober des letzten Jahres auf Read more…

March 26, 2024

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Critical Dialogues or Self-Assured Monologues: Hamas, Israel, and the German Debate

Critical Dialogues or Self-Assured Monologues: Hamas, Israel, and the German Debate By Markus Dressler —For a German version of this blog post, please click here— The Hamas terrorist attack on a music festival and Jewish Read more…

March 26, 2024

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The Hypnotic Power of Animals

The Hypnotic Power of Animals By Susanne Karr Animals spark our imagination. This is reflected in the integration of so-called “power animals” in trance journeys, which are applied in various ways in personality development and Read more…

March 13, 2024

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A Monarch Jeremiad

A Monarch Jeremiad By Lisa H. Sideris “Most of all, I shall remember the monarchs.” —Rachel Carson, letter to Dorothy Freeman, September 10, 1963 In the summer of 2021, my family bid farewell to our Read more…

March 6, 2024

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Social Fascia Keeps the Score

Social Fascia Keeps the Score By Anna Mercedes Fascia is “the band of thin, fibrous connective tissue that wraps around and supports every structure in your body” (Cleveland Clinic). My favorite kind of massage is Read more…

February 28, 2024

Art and Fiction

Toward a Harmonious Coexistence between Plants and Cities

Toward a Harmonious Coexistence between Plants and Cities By Sara Michieletto Are we as humans feeling happy with the places we inhabit? Do the locations where we put down roots fill us with peace and Read more…

February 13, 2024

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Shelter, Culture, and the Good Waves to Catch

Shelter, Culture, and the Good Waves to Catch By Teya Brooks Pribac Two days ago I found myself on the road out west, into farming country. I was transporting six cats to their new home. Read more…

January 23, 2024

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A Call for Conversations

A Call for Conversations By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad This new year emerges out of a planetary context that is facing many entangled and wicked problems. We continue to see the effects Read more…

January 16, 2024

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Eroding Democracy

Eroding Democracy By Whitney A. Bauman In the state of Florida, we have what is called “the sunshine law.” This law was initially meant to curtail corruption at the state level government. As a state Read more…

December 13, 2023