From exploitation to elevation

Human rights are natural, inherent, irreducible, and unalienable. They are born with us, live with us throughout our lives, and are a transcendent expression of our having been here. They embody and convey human dignity and connect us to each other, as allies and protectors.  Corporate rights are created by law, because corporations are created by…

A fund to turn climate data into local opportunity

CONCEPT: The Resilience Intelligence Fund will support data systems innovation and cross-platform insight-sharing, to deliver actionable climate resilience insights. All business activity is a kind of economic development. ‘Integral and holistic human development’ refers to policies, investments, and business activities that meet everyday needs, do so without polluting or harming people or Nature, expand opportunity…

Income inequality is a climate challenge

Societies in which a greater number of people have access to incomes that allow for stable middle-class economic experiences are better able to routinely invest in world-leading innovation. The reason is simple: The more places across an economy where regular revenues can flow from, the more regularly financing can be secured to invest in new…


Deep ecology is the structure of reality

The contest of ideas on today’s internet is often so heated, it is creating real conflict in the world, spreading unfounded conspiracy theories, and leading to outright rejection of fact by alarming numbers of people. Political systems of all varieties are struggling with this demotion of truth and what it means for responsible governance, fact-based problem-solving, security, innovation, and human…