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Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a 25-foot tidal bore that crashes 80 miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation.

Published on the 15th anniversary of the Six-Day War that culminated in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Pappe offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the world's most prolonged and tragic conflicts. Using recently declassified archival material, Pappe analyses the motivations and strategies of the generals and politicians-and the decision-making process itself - that laid the foundation of the occupation. Pappe paints a picture of what is to all intents and purposes the world's largest "open prison".

An innovative work of research and reportage, We Are the Middle of Forever places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today’s environmental crisis. The book draws on interviews with people from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities, generations, and geographic regions who share their knowledge and experience, their questions, their observations, and their dreams of maintaining the best relationship possible to all of life.

First published in 1961, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth offers a powerful exploration of race, colonialism, and the psychological impact of oppression. This seminal text has inspired generations of revolutionaries and activists, influencing movements from decolonization struggles in the Global South to Black Lives Matter. As a cornerstone of civil rights, anti-colonialism, and Black consciousness studies, Fanon's most celebrated work stands alongside such essential texts as Edward Said's Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

ATMs – short for automated teller machines – have become a ubiquitous feature in the lives of most people in developed nations.

Dickens' Classic, Reimagined. For a World in Disarray. (Full Cast Audio Drama)

From the author of Turning to Stone, a mediation on the stories that rock can tell us about the deep history of our planet To many of us, the Earth’s crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, the Earth’s crust, and every stone within it, is a richly illustrated...

Green Jobs, Good Jobs is a podcast at the intersection of workforce development and sustainability. Each episode explores the future of work in a changing world; one where good careers and a greener planet go hand in hand. Our mission is to share the voices of professionals who are shaping the sustainability sector today. From weatherization professionals and clean energy workers to educators and business leaders, guests open up about their personal journeys: how they got started, what keeps them motivated, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Along the way, we unpack what building...

We’re running out of time. Fossil fuels are choking the planet and renewable energy isn’t cutting it. The solution has been hiding in plain sight all along. Nuclear. When most people hear that word, they go to a very bad place: bombs, Chernobyl, hazmat suits, radioactive fallout… the stuff...

28 speeches and reflections from Indigenous leaders around the world Wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a pathway forward toward sustainable, interconnected futures Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of...

Reveals the enormous physical possibilities of happy, healthy human populations on Earth, using only current technologies and their expectable developments. Go beyond gloomy population limits of 4 - 10 billion to see exactly how we can support trillions with this series of limit analyses.

When award-winning journalist Nick Davies decided to break Fleet Street's unwritten rule by investigating his own colleagues, he found that the business of reporting the truth had been slowly subverted by the mass production of ignorance.

Voices of the New Earth is a consciousness-raising podcast dedicated to elevating the frequency of the planet by shifting attention away from hate, division, and dysfunction. Through conversations with healers, artists, leaders, and visionaries who are dissolving oppressive systems, the podcast guides listeners to new stories, creations, and the divine frequency of oneness. Each episode invites the audience to stand in alignment with higher consciousness and the emergence of the New Earth.

We always discuss how to help other countries and world but what would it be like to hear from real voices across the globe? What are their stories, experiences, and perspectives?

Step into the living voice of history.This podcast presents complete, unabridged audiobooks from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries—an era that shaped theology, philosophy, literature, and the moral imagination of the modern world. Each episode features a full classical work, faithfully narrated and preserved for modern listeners.From early modern theology and devotional writings to foundational works of philosophy, history, and moral reflection, these recordings restore the original cadence, gravity, and depth of texts too often reduced to excerpts or summaries.🎧 What you’ll find here:...

A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman...

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures. Through clear-eyed...

In this podcast, Dr. Jess Kapp unites storytelling and science to tell the tales of Earth through its geology. Join us as she explores everything from glaciation and fault zones throughout geologic time from the Hadean to Holocene.

Earth Women – der Podcast, bei dem drei Freundinnen über die Perspektive einer Frau sprechen, die ihren Platz in der modernen Gesellschaft findet.