Stephen Collette
The Mathematical Beauty of Nature’s Designs
As you can imagine, we have some pretty interesting conversations and links shared within our team here at Common Earth. This week it was...
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Malene Falch Colotla
- Aug 17
- 8 min
The Gift of Insight and Community: Feeling hopeful in a time of crisis
In the recent blog post “The Gifts we are Given and Whole Systems Change” David Patterson, Common Earth founder, wrote of two gifts: The...
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Mark Dolan
- Aug 16
- 4 min
Things Are Moving Fast
I am Mark Dolan and I have completed Common Earth Modules 1 and 2. The program has hooked me. What I do with the knowledge is where I am...
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Melak Mengistab
- Aug 2
- 2 min
Environmental Activism in the Time of "Global Boiling".
Global Boiling - A Sobering Reality Last week, the UN Secretary-General made a striking remark that resonates deeply with the current...
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David Patterson
- Jul 29
- 9 min
This IS Happening! but we STILL have Choices
Absolute Heat Limits Exist for all Organisms and Machines Have you ever parked and left your cell phone on the car seat on a hot sunny...
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Mark Dolan
- Jul 21
- 7 min
Biomimicry For the Sake of Our Common Earth
I was introduced to the Common Earth curriculum by someone I met on the Substack platform where I explore my new hobby of writing. My...
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Olivia Gonzalez
- Jun 16
- 2 min
The Common Earth School Club
Twice a week from September to this past week, the Saint Michael’s College School Common Earth club in Toronto, Canada has been meeting...
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David Patterson
- Jun 15
- 9 min
The Gifts we are Given and Whole System Change
Here is a little story about the gifts of insight and community. A couple of weeks ago, my wife, Anne and I took a one-week holiday to...
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David Patterson
- May 20
- 8 min
An Emerging System – Where we will want to live!
1. Basic Services: Lessons from the Blue Whale One of the things that marks our current socio-economic system is that it fails to...
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David Patterson
- Apr 21
- 9 min
How Can You Be Certain that the Current System is Headed for Collapse?
What is “possible” and what is “impossible”? In 1928 J.B.S. Haldane, a British scientist, wrote a paper titled “On Being the Right Size.”...
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David Patterson
- Mar 18
- 8 min
We Now Live in a Caring Society That Puts Carbon in Its Place
The introduction to this series described this first essay in the following terms: The first article will lay out what we mean by the...
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David Patterson
- Feb 20
- 8 min
Our Emerging Future
This text outlines how a group of like-minded colleagues created Common Earth and how they are taking up the challenge of finding a path.
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Lyster Matamanda
- Feb 15
- 12 min
A Love Story
You can reach community member and author Lyster Matamanda on LinkedIn Her view from the penthouse was breathtaking. She had a way with...
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Melak Mengistab
- Jan 20
- 2 min
New, Inspiring Daisies
We have added many new daisies to our Daisy World collection this year thanks to stories brought to our attention by many of you. Dennis...
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Sarah Patterson
- Jan 20
- 3 min
Finding My Joy and Hope in Being a Climate Activist
We have just transitioned into 2023 and because each passing year brings us closer to catastrophic tipping points, it could be easy for...
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Bruno Seixas
- Jan 20
- 3 min
A Breath of Fresh Air in Brazil
On October 30th, Brazilians chose their President for the 2023-2026 term. We can’t say that a new President was elected because the...
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Common Earth
- Dec 17, 2022
- 2 min
COP15: The UN Biodiversity Conference
Between December 7th and December 19th, world leaders, politicians, scientists, activists, and more have been meeting in Montreal, Canada...
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Common Earth
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Giving More
Tis the season of giving. As we search for ways of balancing how we demonstrate the love we feel for people around us and our desire for...
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Sarah Patterson
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Celebrating Duality This Holiday Season
One of the things I’ve been reflecting on recently is how ubiquitous the story of a good guy or hero pitted against the bad guy or...
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Sarah Patterson
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
About not focusing on the holes we fall into
Originally published in the Common Interests Newsletter - November 2022 I never know what I will be writing about in our newsletter, but...
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