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Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species

Peter Corning

January 16, 2025

Accelerating climate change, and an array of other serious global problems and conflicts, prompting some theorists to warn of a “societal collapse”, suggest that the time has come for a new, global social contract, including what I am calling a “global governance initiative.” Here is a brief summary of this situation, and of my prescription.

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An interview with Dr. Peter A. Corning

Peter Corning

December 07, 2024

While humanity has made many strides toward progress, as of late, our culture seems to be in a regression. Why do human beings make the same mistakes? This is the question we brought to the evolutionary biologist and author Dr. Peter Corning.

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October 2024 Magazine

PR for People Team

October 16, 2024

This month we focus on environmental concerns. Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes a feature article about the “Trinity” Act that would support wildlife protections for America’s Bison, Grizzly Bear and Wolves. For the past six months, we have published Dr. Peter Corning’s series of six linked essays UNITE OR DIE. Dr. Corning describes why climate change is worsening, but he also offers solutions to this growing problem. To read all of Dr. Corning’s linked essays in this six-part series please go to Dr. Corning’s website. Our featured book review, written by Barbara McMichael, covers “The Air They Breathe” by pediatrician Dr. Debra Hendrickson. My essay On Stewardship examines the essence of truth, beauty, and garbage. –Patricia Vaccarino

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The Hazards of Interconnection

Annie Searle

August 13, 2024

When we layer the complexity of political campaigns into the incidents and events, we add an entirely new layer of hot spots to the model. We have another challenge here. Because we are so interconnected, spreading rumors and disinformation about those seeking public office is easy.

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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE NOW!

Peter Corning

February 07, 2024

There is very little time to make major improvements in world politics and to mobilize the resources and personnel needed for the unprecedented, life-threatening climate challenges that are already happening and will soon become much worse. Here is a plan for major changes/improvements to existing U.N. institutions and for the creation of two new U.N. agencies, a Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF) and a Global Emergency Management Agency (GEM), along with expanded roles for the World Bank and for INTERPOL. It could be called a large carrot, small stick strategy. In the words of The New York Times’ columnist, Thomas Friedman, “later will be too late.”

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