Ecocide is Suicide: An Article by Marc Bekoff, Author of Rewilding Our Hearts

We're killing a very tired and less resilient planet at alarming rates.

It's common knowledge that we're losing species and habitats at an unprecedented rate in a geological epoch known as the “anthropocene”  —  the age of humanity, which is hardly a humane time. We humans are the cause of massive and egregious ecocide because as big-brained, big-footed, overproducing, overconsuming, arrogant and selfish mammals we freely move all over the place recklessly, wantonly and mindlessly trumping the interests of countless nonhuman animals (animals). Every second of every day we decide who lives and who dies; we are that powerful. Of course, we also do many wonderful things for our magnificent planet and its fascinating inhabitants, but right now,...

The Tool Kit No Relationship Should Be Without: A Talk with Drs. Susan Campbell and John Grey, authors of Five-Minute Relationship Repair

You title the book Five-Minute Relationship Repair. Is that for real? Can you really repair things in five minutes?

Yes, you can actually repair things in five minutes! In fact, it is almost a requirement of good repair to do it that quickly. Most couples try to repair things in ways that take them down the wrong road. They spend hours trying to resolve an issue but only end up making it worse. They engage in long explanations, justifications, debates. Or they stop talking. Good repair is quick and simple — if you know how to do it. What really needs to be repaired is usually a basic misperception that has unwittingly...