Massive Organism Is Crashing on Our Watch
The first comprehensive assessment of the Pando aspen clone by researchers Paul Rogers and Darren McAvoy reveals critical threats to this unique single-tree forest.
/ October 17, 2018
Philosophy at Large in the Ecosphere
Every so often a culture undergoes a radical re-assessment of its primary operating assumptions. It happens rarely and slowly, because such re-imaginings are considered highly dangerous and disruptive. At their most disruptive they can alter reality, which, according to Bill Vitek, is precisely what ecospherism has done.
/ September 2, 2018
Defending the Boundary Waters
Joseph Goldstein explains why the fight for our planet is "all about the small steps forward...about getting back up despite setbacks, about consistently showing up, and about staying even when you’re discouraged," like the defense he and his peers have mounted on behalf of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
/ August 19, 2018
A Unique Historical Opportunity
In this far-ranging and inspirational speech for a meeting of women religious in Monrovia, CA, John Cobb discusses major influences that have shaped our current situation and the alternative vision of Pope Francis in Laudato Si’. He concludes with ways that Pando at Maryknoll might incarnate integral ecology.
/ July 25, 2018
A Turning Point
In this biographical reflection John Cobb responds the following: “At what point in your life did you decide ‘enough is enough’ and put it all on the line? What was it that caused or inspired you to make the change? How did you respond?”
/ June 7, 2018
Finding Oneness Among the Ones
I had long known that the ideology of the individualistic separate self was a delusion and in fact societal suicide, but in Pando we have a living organism to show us our alternative to a separateness which is not sustainable.
/ May 21, 2018
Deposit Trash Here
What would happen if every design school brought JUNK BATTLE! to the classroom? Onto their campuses? Imagine students, primed for learning and eager to get their hands dirty, getting a first-hand look at their footprint on the world.
/ May 7, 2018
Storytelling for an Ecological Civilization
As storytellers who hold the power of global media dissemination, we have an opportunity to contribute to and change the conversation around a host of issues, including immigration, the environment, gender and racial justice, and so many others.
/ May 3, 2018
Banking on Fairness Is a Risky Business
In part five of our series on public banking, S. L. Mintz considers several public financing models. "But before embracing public banks’ promise of low cost funding, advancement of local priorities and welcome returns on investment," he says, "informed taxpayers should weigh risks that can derail good intentions."
/ April 19, 2018
Despite Bipartisan Support, Public Banking in Michigan Spurs Skepticism
Fresh proposals can inform the debate about public banking in California. Toward that end, Pando Populus invites leading and original thinkers...
/ February 21, 2018
Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home
Pope Francis’ bold clarion call in Laudato Si’ is passionate but also thoughtful and undogmatic in exemplary ways. Even while summonsing the best conclusions and consensus of the scientific community, there is a tone of humility and a recognition that knowledge is always partial and emergent.
/ November 1, 2017
Reflections On a Life-changing Event
The Pando clone embodies linkages along many vectors: roots to stems, soil to plants, birds to boles, life to death to rebirth. Our social community and the ideas spurred from within that gathering linked previously disparate entities, too.
/ October 27, 2017