Aug 8, 2022The Salmon’s SpiralThe Earth’s cycles tend towards the outwards dissipation of energy. -Earthen Ethic №2 Twelve thousand years ago, as trillion ton ice sheets retreated leaving nothing but rocks and rivers, the salmon found their niche on North America’s Pacific coast. There, hundreds of kilometers inland, they began a seasonal cycle that…Earthen Ethics10 min readEarthen Ethics10 min read
May 29, 2022Cycles that SpiralOur modern concepts of ‘Circular Design’ & ‘Circular Economy’ are geometrically flawed. — by Russell Maier & Banayan Angway THE RUGGED GREEN MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN LUZON have been the home of the Igorot people for untold generations. Known for their fierce forest protection and their abundant harvests, the Igorots not only honor the cycles of life around them — they steadily enrich them…Green Ethics9 min readGreen Ethics9 min read
May 11, 2022Nature’s FallacyBeneath our modern attempts at green lurks a fundamental ontological error that destines even the best environmental intentions to grey. — by Russell Maier & Banayan Angway THE VIEW OF THE WORLD that has come to inform and guide our modern society is based on the words, ways and wisdom of great human teachers. From philosophers to prophets, emperors to kings, scientists to seers, their insights, dictates and examples have laid…Environmentalism7 min readEnvironmentalism7 min read
Apr 22, 2022Its Time to Start Following the Earth’s ExampleRecognizing the lead of kincentric cultures, the moment is nigh to follow the grand master of ecological enrichment — by Russell Maier & Irene Bakisan OUR MODERN CULTURE is almost exclusively based the ways and wisdom of great human teachers. From philosophers to prophets, emperors to kings, scientists to seers, their insights, dictates and examples have developed the ways in which we discern good and bad, true from false…Earth Day 20228 min readEarth Day 20228 min read
Apr 9, 2022Another Way of KnowingWe must learn from those cultures that, rather than deplete ecosystems, presided over their enrichment. — by Russell Maier & Banayan Angway Over the course of human history, certain societies have excelled far more than others at the art of green. Rather than depleting the ecosystems of which they were part, these societies steadily enriched them. Rather than moving on to new lands and resources, these…Epistemology11 min readEpistemology11 min read
Mar 25, 2022The Earth’s Pattern of ProcessRather than be mired in self-judgment at our play with carbon, we can be dazzled by the Earth’s. — by Russell Maier & Banayan Angway OVER THE LAST FOUR BILLION YEARS, the singular combination of our planet’s orbit, spin, chemistry and magnetosphere have played out. As this unique configuration of matter and energy has unfolded, a once barren rock has transformed into the thriving biosphere that is our common…Philosophy6 min readPhilosophy6 min read
Mar 22, 2022Plastic’s Stellar StoryFrom its primordial origins to its modern petro-capital fate, plastic connects us to our planet’s epic unfolding. — OVER 5 BILLION YEARS AGO, IN A CLOUD OF INTERSTELLAR DUST our solar system swirled together. As cosmic matter collided and coalesced, growing ever denser, our sun ignited. Within the remaining spiraling debris, further matter and momentum began to merge — falling into orbit as dense clumps around our young…Plastic7 min readPlastic7 min read
Mar 11, 2022Member-onlyPlastic 1.0Our century-long story of plastic as human-made and managed has been woefully short-sighted. — PLASTIC HAS GARNERED A BAD RAP over the last decades and the ire of us all. It has been piling up, clogging ecological cycles, polluting and contaminating. The consequences of our last century of plastic play is the focus of great consternation and condemnation. While in comparison to species extinction…Plastic Pollution3 min readPlastic Pollution3 min read
Mar 5, 2022ImagineThe green world for all where we all long to live. — by Russell Maier & Banayan Angway IMAGINE A WORLD where the very way we live is steadily enriching the ecosystems around us. It is a world where our households and communities, just by thriving, make the biosphere a greener, more abundant and vibrant place for us and our fellow species…Green4 min readGreen4 min read
Feb 28, 2022What Should Green Really Mean?What does ‘sustainability’ actually sustain? What does ‘nature’ really mean? And, who says ‘circular’ is the right geometry or that ‘net-zero’ is enough? — MORE AND MORE WE ARE BECOMING AWARE of the ecological crises looming around us. As our collective awareness grows, we long to make amends, to play our part, to do something. …Sustainability7 min readSustainability7 min read
