Whitehead saw that a moment of human experience is neither physical nor mental, or we could say it is a very complex integration of both.

By Pando Populus / January 8, 2015

Whitehead shows us the importance of what in popular parlance are sometimes called “vibes.” Learning takes place in experience that is the synthesis of real relations -- to the personal past, the body, and the wider world.

By Pando Populus / January 8, 2015

All too often today, at least in the United States, “spirituality” is juxtaposed to “religion” as an alternative. “Spiritual but not religious” has become a cliché. It often becomes individualist, self-serving, and separated from concerns for justice and peace in the public world.

By Pando Populus / January 8, 2015

In a time of global crisis we need leaders who care about the whole world and think in terms of what is good for the whole. We need world loyalty.

By Pando Populus / January 8, 2015

The more clearly we think about positive possibilities, the more strongly we hope for this outcome, and the more attractive the prospect becomes, the more we will invest in thought and in practices that have a chance of bringing these prospects to fruition.

By Sandra Lubarsky / January 8, 2015

In the Cartesian view, to attribute feelings to these animals was to commit the “pathetic fallacy.” Even today, the industrial production of meat takes no account of any subjective experience on the part of cows, pigs, and chickens.

By Pando Populus / January 8, 2015

Professors of ecology were among those who . . . . challenged us to give up our dualistic thinking.

By John B. Cobb, Jr. / January 8, 2015

The ecological crisis is a real world crisis, not an abstract one. To improve the world often requires asking questions that are not the property of one academic discipline or another.

By John B. Cobb, Jr. / January 7, 2015

Whitehead is distinctive, if not unique, in making ecological relations primary in the interpretation of reality.

By Pando Populus / January 7, 2015

Los Angeles "has become, of all things, a leader in sustainable water management..."

By Pando Populus / December 7, 2014

There's a message of hope embedded here.

By Pando Populus / December 5, 2014

"It seems that the art takes the threat out, becomes more humanistic, more...it's more questioning..."

By Pando Populus / December 5, 2014