I am no longer trying to map the world; I am a part of it.
A single inquiry, told in several voices. For decades, my work lived in the language of systems and science, peer-reviewed papers and field-driven journalism for publications like BBC Future, Mongabay, and Earth Island Journal. But observing the outer world eventually taught me that while data informs systems, stories shift paradigms.
Today, my writing focuses on our current mythological transition. Through my novel Vanished, the philosophical guide One Choice. One Act., and the quiet, slow library at Elemental, I write to bridge the gap between ecological reality and the human spirit.
My Ode to Nature: A Message of Love
First published · January 2017
Twelve essays that have found their own audience over the years.
Featured essays.
02 · Culture, Myth & The Human Choice
Claude Monet’s Choice: Give Up Painting or Go to War?
On Giving Up
What Bono Taught Me About Human Rights
Two books, one center
Both serve the same center of gravity: living in alignment with ecological and existential truth. One through story, one through practice.
May 2021
May 2020
Jun 2014
Aug 2025
Feb 2026
Elemental Written from the threshold of science, story, and spirit, for those seeking a new relationship to reality — one grounded in evolutionary truth, ecological interdependence, and scientific awe.
- Boulder makes room for natureAug 2026 · Elemental
- America’s Diversity and Pluralism are Our Greatest Strengths at 250Jul 2026 · Elemental
- Choosing Presence Over AbsenceApr 2026 · Elemental
- Death Was My GuruApr 2026 · Elemental
- The Anatomy of an IllusionMar 2026 · Elemental
- The Physics of CommitmentFeb 2026 · Elemental
03 · Academic & Empirical Research
Peer-reviewed scientific papers, policy, governance, and institutional design frameworks.
Biological Conservation
2015
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) & Environmental Law Institute
2016
Worldwatch Institute (State of the World – Princeton University Press)
2014
Three threads I keep returning to.
The Inner Terrain
Mortality, meaning, and the evolving nature of being alive.
Earth & Ecology
What we owe a world that gives life.
Culture, System & Transition
Evolutionary governance, collapsing myths, and what comes next.
The Inner Terrain
Mortality, meaning, and the evolving nature of being alive.
Earth & Ecology
What we owe a world that gives life.
Culture, System & Transition
Evolutionary governance, collapsing myths, and what comes next.
The work has appeared in:
University of Cambridge
BBC Future
Princeton University Press
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
Mongabay
Earth Island Journal
Euronews
Island Press
Journal of Biological Conservation
Marine Policy Journal