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The 8th Annual Urban Soils Symposium, titled “Metabolism of Cities”, had both in-person and virtual phases. In the video linked below, I co-presented a talk with Brian Fath for the December 1, 2023 virtual symposium day, and my portion was about “Integrating Paradigm and Action”. Our talk covered topics in our book, Foundations for Sustainability (Fiscus…

This article builds on foundational work in ecological networks by Robert Ulanowicz, Brian Fath, and others to propose metrics for assessment and design of regenerative human social and economic systems. If you have comments or questions, please let me know. The article is linked here:

Aristotle’s take on ethics and the science of the good for human life.

A fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism.

How “human activities” should be and have been understood throughout Western history.