Death of the ‘Usual‘: Humanity is faced with a series of self-made, interrelated crises, from the environmental catastrophe to poverty, inequality, the absence of peace and an unprecedented level of displaced persons, among other pressing issues.Read more
Death. Readiness Is All * It is the one great certainty in life – the shared inevitability for all humanity, and yet death and dying is rarely discussed. Read more
Silence Please: The worlds we inhabit are noisy places. The external environment – particularly cities, where over half the population now live, suffocates under a cacophony of competing sounds. Read more
Whats the Point in Any of It? Does the purpose of our lives change with age; does the life of a thirty-something have more point to it, than say a fifty-year-old, a sixty-year-old. Read more
Education: Time for a New Purpose : Given the catalogue of calamities raging round the world, one could be forgiven for concluding that we are a civilisation in terminal decline. Read more
Transitional Times or the End Times? Many there are, who seeing the violent turmoil raging throughout large parts of the world, fear humanity and the planet is on the verge of destruction. Read more
Materialism and Misery: We live under the omnipresent shadow of a political/economic system, which promotes materiality, selfishness and individual success over group wellbeing. Read more
A Civilization in Collapse, the Dawn of a New Order? There can be little doubt that we are living through extraordinary times. Read more
Seeking Happiness Beyond Neo-Liberal Consumerism: Irrespective of nationality, religion, race, or gender happiness is the one thing everyone is seeking. Read more
The Omnipresent Pressure to Conform: It was the school holidays and there were lots of teenagers in my local park. Read more