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Ecology of Existence added an article on Mar 23, 2021
The Confederacy Was a Con Job on Whites - and Still Is
The Confederacy Was a Con Job on Whites - and Still Is
I’ve lived 55 years in the South and I grew up liking the Confederate flag. I haven’t flown one for many decades — but for a reason that might surprise you.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jan 30, 2020
"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism
"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.” ~ Brené Brown
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jan 30, 2020
Here's Exactly How to Respond When Someone You Love Says Climate Change Isn't Real
Here's Exactly How to Respond When Someone You Love Says Climate Change Isn't Real
There's overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change; 97 percent of scientists agree that humans have created conditions that are drastically reshaping the planet's climate, with disastrous results, and one scientist noted in...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jan 24, 2020
Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities
Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities
Focusing on identities in our political conversations is divisive and restrictive. How can we shift the conversation back to principles?
Ecology of Existence added a video on Jan 9, 2020
JIHAD: A Story of the Others
JIHAD: A Story of the Others (2016)
The world has watched aghast as thousands of young men and women abandon comfortable lives in the West to join the barbaric ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). Girls and boys have gone rapidly from being apparently well-adjusted...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Dec 28, 2019
Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness
Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness
Believing otherwise corrodes us, corrodes freedom, and corrodes the world we live in
Ecology of Existence added an article on Dec 16, 2019
Why I Refuse to Avoid White People
Why I Refuse to Avoid White People
In the days since the white supremacists marched into Charlottesville, Va., my Twitter feed has lit up with advice from black pundits, activists and even friends: “It’s time to stop talking about racism with white people.” “Whiteness...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Apr 5, 2019
The Attacks on Joe Biden Will Harm Boys and Girls Alike: We All Need Decent, Affectionate Human Touch
The Attacks on Joe Biden Will Harm Boys and Girls Alike: We All Need Decent, Affectionate Human Touch
Nobody should be touched in a way they don’t want to be, man or woman. But while sexual or aggressive touching is clear violation, a lot of everyday physical contact is just part of being human. Vilifying Joe Biden for literally...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jan 8, 2019
Ownership as Social Relation: Nonprofit Strategies to Build Community Wealth Through Land
Ownership as Social Relation: Nonprofit Strategies to Build Community Wealth Through Land
Ownership is often seen as a very simple concept. “Mine, not yours,” a two-year-old might tell us. The reality, however, is far more complex, as the rights of owners are far from fixed. Indeed, the concept of what ownership means is...
Ecology of Existence rated Old Mother Forest 5 stars on Jan 8, 2019
Ecology of Existence rated A Prayer for 2019 4 stars on Jan 3, 2019
Ecology of Existence added a video on Jan 3, 2019
Bret Weinstein: How the Magic Trick is Done
Bret Weinstein: How the Magic Trick is Done
In this speech at the Students For Liberty conference in Vancouver, B.C. Bret Weinstein discusses the inner workings of the regressive left. 
Ecology of Existence added an article on Dec 24, 2018
The Public Ownership Solution
The Public Ownership Solution
The US has a surprisingly large amount of public ownership. But in order for it to truly serve the social good, it must be expanded — and democratized.
Ecology of Existence added a video on Dec 19, 2018
The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh
The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhist Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most respected and celebrated teachers in the world.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Mar 21, 2018
Why Do People Find Jordan Peterson so Convincing? Because the Left Doesn't Have Its Own House in Order
Why Do People Find Jordan Peterson so Convincing? Because the Left Doesn't Have Its Own House in Order
The Canadian clinical psychologist and university professor has become hugely popular for his 'anti-PC' views and is beloved of many on the alt-right. He's appealing for a number of reasons, most of them connected to the left-wing...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Mar 20, 2018
Jordan Peterson Gets Played
Jordan Peterson Gets Played
About half a decade ago, Jordan Peterson was a psychology professor at the University of Toronto and clinical psychologist with little international fame and even less infamy. A talented teacher and skilled speaker, he conveyed...
Ecology of Existence added a video on Mar 16, 2018
How Social Justice Activists Took Over a College and Drove Some Professors Out
How Social Justice Activists Took Over a College and Drove Some Professors Out (2018)
Bret Weinstein left the Evergreen State College in the wake of student protests last Spring. However, internal struggles with faculty and administration over equity was happening months before this. Subverse went to Evergreen with...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Feb 13, 2015
5 Reasons “White Pride” is Always Racist
5 Reasons “White Pride” is Always Racist
History tells us “whiteness” has always been a construct used to exclude certain groups from equal rights
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jan 14, 2018
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race
Our eyes tell us that people look different. No one has trouble distinguishing a Czech from a Chinese, but what do those differences mean? Are they biological? Has race always been with us? How does race affect people today? There's...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jan 14, 2018
11 Ways to Avoid Burnout
11 Ways to Avoid Burnout
Be more productive, sleep better, and have deeper insights with a few simple precautions and regular treatments.
Ecology of Existence rated The Divided States of Hypocrisy: Americans, Prisoners of Language. 4 stars on Nov 7, 2017
Ecology of Existence rated Trump Expands Police-State Crackdown on the Left 4 stars on Nov 7, 2017
Ecology of Existence added a video on Nov 7, 2017
The Illusionists
The Illusionists (2015)
The Illusionists examines how global advertising firms, mass media, and the beauty, fashion, and cosmetic-surgery industries have together colonised the way people all around the world define beauty and see themselves. Taking us from...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Sep 10, 2017
Thinking Strategically About Free Speech and Violence
Thinking Strategically About Free Speech and Violence
We should be careful before embracing ideas that might lead to catastrophe…
Ecology of Existence added a video on Aug 29, 2017
Becoming Midwives for The Great Transition
Becoming Midwives for The Great Transition
Culture Designer Joe Brewer on the need for midwives on a planetary scale to help humanity make the transition to its new story.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Aug 29, 2017
Is There Any Point to Protesting?
Is There Any Point to Protesting?
We turn out in the streets and nothing seems to happen. Maybe we’re doing it wrong.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 12, 2017
Marginalized People Don't Need Politeness, They Need Power
Marginalized People Don't Need Politeness, They Need Power
There’s an ever-percolating fight happening in left-of-center spaces about the tactics of the “call out” and shaming culture. This fight is rarely productive. Critics of those tactics argue they are counterproductive; defenders counter...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 12, 2017
The Problem Isn't Trump, It's the Neoliberal Democrats
The Problem Isn't Trump, It's the Neoliberal Democrats
Over the Fourth of July weekend, thousands of protesters in dozens of cities across the country turned out to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. While I certainly sympathize with the sentiment, if we want to make real...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 12, 2017
One Graph Shows How Morally Outraged Tweets Stay Within Their Political Bubble
One Graph Shows How Morally Outraged Tweets Stay Within Their Political Bubble
Thousands of people around the world have excitedly made a forceful political point with a well-honed and witty tweet. All it takes is 140 characters to make a pithy argument, and man it feels good to get a few retweets.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 12, 2017
Admitting That White Privilege Helps You Is Really Just Congratulating Yourself
Admitting That White Privilege Helps You Is Really Just Congratulating Yourself
If genuine contrition is the purpose of racial self-criticism, then the exercise is a paradox.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 12, 2017
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Most students are told to be seen and not heard. “Democratic schools” offer a refreshing alternative.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 12, 2017
Are You Ready to Consider That Capitalism Is the Real Problem?
Are You Ready to Consider That Capitalism Is the Real Problem?
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society.
Ecology of Existence added a video on Jul 6, 2017
Think Resilience
Think Resilience
This is the first six videos of a series of 22 short videos that explore the interrelated crises of the twenty-first century, and what we as citizens, students, and community leaders can do to respond to them. The videos can be watched...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 6, 2017
Why We Need to Democratize Education
Why We Need to Democratize Education
Achieving comprehensive social change requires radical alteration of everything, including education. But most of the attempts to reform the educational system are limited. What is needed is a democratization of education through the...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 6, 2017
White Purity and The Problem with White Privilege Activism
White Purity and The Problem with White Privilege Activism
Among other things, whiteness is a kind of solipsism. From right to left, whites consistently and successfully reroute every political discussion to their identity. The content of this identity, unsurprisingly, is left unexamined and...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 6, 2017
How to Create Democratic and Ecological Cities
How to Create Democratic and Ecological Cities
For the past few months we have published a series of posts on New Compass introducing social ecology, discussing possible future environmental scenarios, studying the crisis of capitali
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jul 6, 2017
A Marxist Critique of Identity Politics
A Marxist Critique of Identity Politics
A Q&A with Asad Haider, founding editor of Viewpoint Magazine, on an ideology fracturing the left.
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jun 16, 2017
How Ta-Nehisi Coates Mystifies Racism and Obscures the Material Ways We Can End It
How Ta-Nehisi Coates Mystifies Racism and Obscures the Material Ways We Can End It
Liza Bramlett was a slave. She lived on a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta, during the 19th century. White men raped her repeatedly throughout her life. They traded her body amongst themselves in exchange for calves and...
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jun 16, 2017
Matthew Crawford: 'Distraction Is a Kind of Obesity of the Mind'
Matthew Crawford: 'Distraction Is a Kind of Obesity of the Mind'
Does your phone, the TV and advertising demand your attention everywhere you look? All this stimulation is triggering a social crisis, says writer Matthew Crawford. He talks to Ed Cumming about how to reconnect with reality
Ecology of Existence added an article on Jun 16, 2017
Why Affordable Housing Needs to be a Right, Not a Privilege
Why Affordable Housing Needs to be a Right, Not a Privilege
It’s time to ensure that no American has to worry about where they and their families will sleep tonight, says housing consultant James Stockard.