Category: Science
‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At dawn in Harborview Point, a cool salt fog rolls off the water and wraps itself around the cedar pillars of our zendo. Sitting on the cushion, listening to the tide lap against t
Trump’s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak as reflected on by Rabbi Miriam Levin
On Tuesday mornings at Congregation Kol Shalom, our study circle gathers to explore passages of Jewish law that many people might find surprisingly mundane. We read from tractates
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
News from flatland farm country has a way of traveling slow up into these hills, but the story out of Clymers, Indiana, struck a chord that rings familiar in Pine Ridge. When folks
‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At low tide along the inlet here in Harborview Point, the mudflats reveal everything the water carries. Decaying eelgrass, forgotten mooring lines, plastic remnants, and the dark s
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Walking the coastal bluffs of Harborview Point this morning, the saltwater mist carried a faint, dry scent from the inland ridges. In a coastal sanctuary, we often feel shielded fr
Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
Looking out across the ridges around our valley here in Pine Ridge, you can see the scars left behind by generations of coal mining. Our people know what it means to pull a living
California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
From the wooden deck of Clear Mind Zen Sanctuary, the Pacific does not look like an adversary. It looks, as it always has, like an endless expanse of gray and silver breathing agai
US states and cities sue over Trump EPA’s repeal of emissions rules as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Early this morning, before the fishing skiffs stirred the quiet water of Harborview Point, fog hung thick over the inlet. Standing on the porch of Clear Mind Zen Sanctuary, you cou
SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission as reflected on by Pandit Rajesh Sharma
In our temple prayer hall here in the tech corridor, conversations often oscillate between the latest engineering sprints and the ancient stanzas of the Taittiriya Upanishad. Many
Venus’ mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
Between the fourth and fifth prayers yesterday, while the street outside the center echoed with the usual rattle of the crosstown bus and the shouting of delivery drivers unloading