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The oceans are the engine of Earth’s life-support system and they are in grave danger.

The ocean is the cradle of life. It is where life originated. It is where life gets nurtured. All life. Especially life on land. The...

In contrast to AI, NI does not need vast computing power. All NI needs is the space to do her work.

One of the great things when we (re)learn how life on planet Earth works, is that we discover that the natural world is our best ally to...

Living Systems Design to revitalize business, politics and governance

Value creation and value exchange are not human inventions. These processes are as old as life itself and therefore their essence goes...

This is not just a book, it is a new business model

Did you know that 25,000 books a day, more than 6 million a year, are destroyed in the UK alone? That around 250,000 tons of books are...

Why Rewild our Cities?

Because we cannot afford not to. Few people realise this but the biodiversity crisis will be even more disruptive than the climate...

If we start to work with nature, instead of against her, we still have a chance.

A question I am asked often is: "Is it not too late?" My honest answer as a trained biologist is: "I do not know, but I do know we are...

Working on new material & a new book called "The Innerview Effect"!

We needed to travel into space to realize just how fragile planet Earth is, an insight known as the "overview effect". Now we need to...

The City of the Future

When you ask people to think about the place where they relax the most, where they achieve peace of mind, the answer, unsurprisingly, is...

Homecoming—why we need to become indigenous again.

When I was asked to write a piece for nexxworks' 2022 trend e-book called "On Building A Better Future", the picture that popped into my...

2021 was a wild year. Let's make 2022 even wilder!

Finally, interest in Nature's Intelligence is rising. We were invited to talk about NI on the popular Radio 1 show called 'Interne...

How whales regulate the marine circular economy & the climate

Why understanding living systems is essential for innovation. Once you understand how life works, you will see that the life that...

Nature can save more lives, promote more health and relieve more stress than the health sector

Our health is under threat. Exhaustion, attention disorders, allergies, chronic illnesses, cancer, burn-out and depression are widespread...

Beyond AI: why we need NI at the forefront of business innovation.

Once you understand how life works, you will see that sustainability is the byproduct of regenerative value creation.

2020—the year Sir David Attenborough sent me a letter saying he looks forward to reading my book

A small act of kindness goes a long way. While a tiny virus is grounding us for the second time, severely testing our social and economic...

Why your immune system needs a forest

For millions of years, the immune system of our ancestors coevolved with its environment. There are gazillions of viruses, bacteria and...

Welcome to the VUCAIN world. It is not the Economy. It is the Biology.

Welcome to the VUCAIN world, where your health and wellbeing is interdependent with and nested in the health of the planet.