“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.” — Indira Gandhi By Peter Schlosser This Saturday marks the 53rd annual Earth Day. There is no question that we are living on a planet under duress. At this moment, we are living out of balance with Earth’s life…

“What’s past is prologue.” — William Shakespeare By Peter Schlosser Prior to 2020, I never got the annual flu vaccine. I do not recall ever contracting influenza, leading me to subconsciously conclude that I did not need to worry about the illness. But in 2020, my physician recommended I receive…

“Hope does not deny all the difficulty and all the danger that exists, but it is not stopped by them. There is a lot of darkness, but our actions create light.” — Jane Goodall By Peter Schlosser In today’s world, with all its problems and instabilities, hope for a better…

“This year can be called a year of losses for Ukraine, for the whole of Europe, and the whole world. But it’s wrong. We shouldn’t say that. We haven’t lost anything. It was taken from us.” — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky By Peter Schlosser Last February, as war broke out…

By Peter Schlosser “Norms rarely emerge spontaneously: they are often reflection of underlying material interests and resulting political struggles.” – Akitoshi Miyashita What is “normal” is dependent on many things: culture, geography, values, income, access to technology, and many other factors. Moreover, what is normal is dynamic. One hundred years…

By Peter Schlosser “You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.”― Zadie Smith We talk about climate change as an existential threat to humankind, and it is. Unchecked, it may place at risk life as we know it, and at…

By Peter Schlosser Our world is on a trajectory toward a planetary emergency. Governments and global organizations have set targets for action, including detailed time horizons for change, which is a positive reaction to a critical situation; however, humankind has placed our planet onto a course that will miss many…

By Peter Schlosser “You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming.” Pablo Neruda It seems there is always a “season” upon us. Some are good, some are less so. Graduation season. Tax season. Fire season. Monsoon season. Sometimes seasons shift, oftentimes they overlap. …

By Ayrel Clark-Proffitt Happy Earth Day. The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory is closing out its Earth Week series of events. Andrew Maynard, associate dean for student success in the College of Global Futures, again kicked off the day with a provocation, a “fire starter,” which Maynard says with…