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Global trends in climate litigation 2025: report launch
Contributor(s): Dr Danielle de Andrade Moreira, Kate Cook, Professor Michael Gerrard, Professor Jacqueline Peel, Dr Joana Setzer | This influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the fu ... Show More
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Nov 2024
Harvey Whitehouse, "Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World" (Harvard UP, 2024)
Each of us is endowed with an inheritance--a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape every facet of our behavior. For countless generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights: driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized reli ... Show More
44m 17s
Jan 2025
Power vs Life: Towards Wide Boundary Sovereignty | Frankly 82
(Recorded January 20th, 2025) We are alive at a critical juncture for human civilization, and the biosphere, where the pursuit and accumulation of power - accelerated by technology and AI - increasingly threatens the support systems of the diversity and majesty of complex life on ... Show More
40m 10s
Jan 2024
Exploring Revere Montessori School in Dubai with Mafalda Coelho
In this enlightening episode of "The Secret of Childhood" podcast, we delve into the profound concept of education as a help to life, exploring the visionary ideas of Maria Montessori. The episode passionately underscores Montessori's belief in an education for life, contrasting ... Show More
30m 24s