Time of the Great Learning

Time of the Great Learning

Our distinctive human ability to learn gives us a corresponding capacity to shape the future of life on Earth. That ability has demonstrated itself in extraordinary ways during the past 90 years. During this brief and distinctive period of accelerated learning, our...
The Fifth Element: A global mission for self-liberation

The Fifth Element: A global mission for self-liberation

Since the 20th century, The Club of Rome, among others, has been raising the alarm about the harm that extractive and exploitative economic growth would cause to social and ecological systems. Looking at this year’s World Economic Forum’s global risk report, we can...
Redefining collapse: Q&A with Ugo Bardi

Redefining collapse: Q&A with Ugo Bardi

In our first instalment of the Q&A series with authors of the Limits and Beyond, we talked to Ugo Bardi, the co-editor of the book, a member of the Club of Rome and a professor at the University of Florence. Bardi touches on the legacy of The Limits to...