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Tipping Points and Food

Steven Disla — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:58:36 +0000

In recent years, the phrase environmental tipping points has moved from scientific journals into public conversation. It now appears in climate reports, headlines, and policy debates, most recently and comprehensively in The Global Tipping Points Report for 2025.[1] Yet tipping points are not abstract metaphors or tools of alarm. They describe real, measurable processes within … Continued

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Written by Steven Disla.

The Silent Collapse Beneath the Waves: What Coral Reefs Reveal About a Planet Under Pressure

Steven Disla — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:23:41 +0000

Scientists are increasingly warning that the world’s warm-water coral reefs have now crossed a global tipping point. This conclusion was recently brought into public focus by the Global Tipping Points report released in October 2025.[1] This report represents the culmination of decades of monitoring, thermal-stress modelling, and ecological observation. It shows that the combined pressures … Continued

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The Quiet Acceleration Toward a Plant-Powered Planet

Steven Disla — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:16:12 +0000

Social change often feels glacial, incremental, fragile, and at risk of slipping backward. History shows that transformation rarely moves in a straight line. Instead, it unfolds in waves, from slow adoption to steady accumulation, and then, suddenly, acceleration. Small shifts compound until they push entire systems past a tipping point. Today, as we confront converging … Continued

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Written by Steven Disla.

From Survival to Thrival: Connecting with Our Food, Our Planet, and Our True Selves

Jose Rosa — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:22:01 +0000

My name is Jose Rosa, and I am the founder of The Thrival Network and co-creator of Everest Eats, a plant-based culinary and wellness brand based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My journey into a whole-food plant-based lifestyle began in 2016 through my wife, Katy. While she was studying environmental science, one of her first classes opened … Continued

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Imagining the Possibility of a Healthier and More Sustainable Human Presence on Earth

Beth Love — Wed, 18 May 2022 14:00:24 +0000

I had been working for almost 20 years as a leader in a New Thought church, and I believed my work made a meaningful contribution to humanity. I was overseeing programs for children and families, praying with people, helping lead a program for incarcerated men, and more. I thought I would be working there for … Continued

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Written by Beth Love.