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Meet the Syrians behind the music that inspired a revolution

A flag with a photo of Abdel Basset al-Sarout is seen in Homs, Syria, on Jan. 31. Yahya Nemah for NPR hide caption HOMS, Syria — His face is ev

The Banks We Deserve: Excerpt

Ed note: This excerpt is taken from From The Banks We Deserve by Oscar Perry Abello. Copyright © 2025 Oscar Perry Abello. Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, D.C. The Banks We Deserve: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Ju

A look at the human toll of the construction of the Panama Canal : Code Switch

Author Cristina Henriquez next to the cover of her new novel, The Great Divide Brian McConkey/Ecco hide caption Author Cristina Henriquez next to the cover of

Vance's comments about European peacekeeping plan for Ukraine draw ire abroad

Vice President Vance speaks during a meeting with President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Feb. 28. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Solar power is at least 10 times more expensive than natural gas

A peer-reviewed study published in 2022 found that wind and solar power are more expensive than coal, natural gas and nuclear power. The study shows that even in favourable locations like Texas, solar power is 10 times and wind power 7 time

Welcome ‘Think Like a Commoner’, Second Edition!

About a year ago, some folks in Bangkok reached out to me. Hans van Willenswaard and his wife Wallapa wanted to translate my book Think Like a Commoner into Thai and publish it. Hans is the founder of the Innovation Network International in

The Great Decoupling: Not more, but better part 3

In the two previous articles, I have given a big picture of agriculture developments from a production and economic perspective. My main point is that the development of the agri-food system has been driven by four mega-trends (or mega-driv

Celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'I have always longed to be known'

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the themes of her new novel, Dream Count: "I wanted to write about women's lives. And the reality of it is that for many women, the men in their lives in some ways, shape their lives."

Electricity is more dangerous than you think

Alternating current or AC electric fields are invisible, physical fields of electromagnetic radiation that are present if there is electricity available. The electricity doesn’t have to be used, just available to be used. In the following, Dr.

Seeing My Settler Ignorance in the Mirror of This Moment

This essay is excerpted with permission from Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers toward Truth, Healing, and Repair, by Hilary Giovale. (Green Writers Press, 2024) A decade ago, I sat on the floor of my living room in Flagstaff, Arizona with a new friend named Marie Gladue.

Larder

One of the key practices on this Earth takes place every day before the store cupboard, and this extract, about the cherry plum tree, records the moment, one late summer’s day in Oxfordshire, when I shifted my allegiance from the city larder to the wild. I did not look back.

Dougald Hine: “Reimagining the Cultural Narrative: Art and Storytelling for Systemic Change”

(Conversation recorded on November 12th, 2024) Show Summary In today’s modern era, the overwhelming flood of information that constantly flows our way can leave us feeling disoriented, lost, and powerless. Even science – our most trusted source of truth – can be taken out of context to fuel division and distort

Planting Seeds

The Gathering Fire

On this first Halcyon Day two years ago I began a year-long creative Dark Mountain workshop called ‘We Walk Though the Fire’ that revolved around the eight ceremonial fires of the solar year.

The Wild Chatbot

“The first thing you need to know about this book … is that it asks you to suspend both belief and disbelief.” — Dorothy Coccinella Ladybugboss1 There are friends you can count on to surprise you. Like the time Vanessa called to ask if I would be the voice of Hospicing Modernity.