by Planet Project Staff | Feb 3, 2023 | Planet Project news
The Andromeda Galaxy. Courtesy of Robert Gendler “We are part of a generation that, for the first time in history, is capable of destroyingitself as a species OR consciously participating in our own evolutionary transformation.”– Barbara Marx Hubbard The...
by Planet Project Staff | Jan 6, 2023 | Planet Project news
Permacrisis. That’s a new word Collins Dictionary has chosen as the word of the year for 2022, defining it as an extended period of instability and insecurity, esp one resulting from a series of catastrophic events. It’s synonymous with polycrisis and meta-crisis....
by Roger Briggs, Planet Project Staff | Nov 25, 2022 | Planet Project news
Winter Solstice at Mesa Arch, UT, photo by Monika Chace. Learn more about Monika and see all contributors to Planet Project here. In the northern hemisphere December brings short days and long nights as the path of the sun slips ever-lower in the southern sky. For...
by Planet Project Staff | Nov 11, 2022 | Planet Project news
ALL Careers Challenge The Planet Project fosters on-the-ground local action in addition to online actions. We featured the ALL Careers Contest in our last blog and newsletter. Now we are issuing a challenge to our Planet Movement members who live in Boulder County:...
by Planet Project Staff | Oct 28, 2022 | Planet Project news
Funnels and dipsticks. That is how Roger Briggs, long-time public school educator and Planet Project Co-Founder, describes our current approach to education in the United States. Our school systems are designed to pour facts into the passive minds of their students....
by Planet Project Staff | Sep 23, 2022 | Planet Project news
The Back Story We all love democracy, right? And we all think we know what it means, but when you actually try to define it and say what it really is, things aren’t so simple. The word democracy originates from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía), meaning “rule of the...
by Planet Project Staff | Aug 26, 2022 | Planet Project news
Image by Rebecca Bliklen, Unsplash How Did We Get Here? Plastics, or synthetic organic polymers, did not exist on our planet until 1833 when French chemist Henri Braconnot synthesized nitrocellulose, a long chain molecule. This new substance was a curiosity at first...
by Steve Melville, Planet Project Staff | Jul 19, 2022 | Planet Project news
By Steve Melville, Planet Project Staff As you probably noticed, the Planet Project is all about shifts. This month, the project itself is shifting into a new phase. Until now, our focus has been on sharing information and galvanizing interest in the root cause of our...
by Planet Project Staff | May 27, 2022 | Planet Project news
The war in Ukraine feels like deja vu: a strongman with a big army, bigger ambitions, and an even bigger ego invades another country, and countless innocent people are maimed and killed while he lavishes in luxury at home telling big lies to his own people. How many...
by Planet Project Staff | Apr 25, 2022 | Planet Project news
Astrobiologists are scientists who combine biology and astrophysics to study the possibility of life – especially intelligent life – elsewhere in the universe. A new paper published February 7, 2022 in the International Journal of Astrobiology*, proposes that our...
by Planet Project Staff | Mar 21, 2022 | Planet Project news
The launch of the Planet Project is occurring while we witness the horror and heartbreak of Russia’s unprovoked aggression in the Ukraine and the courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people. If the Planet Project is to make a difference in the world, it must...
by Planet Project Staff | Mar 20, 2022 | Planet Project news
Photo by Monika Chace. Learn more about Monika and see all contributors to Planet Project here. The Planet Project asserts that the pervasive and deeply seated assumptions (memes) of our current cultural stage are the underlying root cause, the common thread, of our...
by Planet Project Staff | Mar 7, 2022 | Planet Project news
Image by NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University The Planet Project aims to spread positive culture in the world, but what do we mean by positive culture? “Culture” itself is a big package, so let’s unpack it a bit. Anthropologists, cognitive psychologists,...
by Planet Project Staff | Dec 2, 2021 | Planet Project news
Many astronauts who viewed the Earth from space reported having a transformative, life-changing experience. The most famous is Edgar Mitchell, sixth man to walk on the Moon, who said in a 1974 interview in People Magazine: “You develop an instant global consciousness,...
