Review and Evaluation of Sydney Harvey Griffith’s “The Field Is Ready” — and its relationship to the development of Planetary Intelligence Ref: https://substack.com/home/post/p-186228343 What Sydney is arguing Sydney’s essay uses her time at World Economic Forum in Davos not as an endorsement or critique of elites per se, but as a contrast lens. Davos becomes diagnostic. It reveals two worlds… Read more →
Category: Planetary Intelligence
Outline for DSRE Presentation (1/11/2026)
Looking at https://possibleplanetlab.org, summarize the key points about (a) planetary intelligence and (b) bioregional intelligence for a slide presentation to the Design School for Regenerating Earth. Then suggest a series of slides addressing bioregional health using the Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion as an example, addressing different aspects and showing how the framework can be helpful for earth regenerators. Below is the… Read more →
3-D Dynamic Visualization
Imagine a 3-D immersive environment where planetary intelligence is displayed in different domains that are likevisual markers shown unfolding dynamically, similar to the Climate Clock (https://climateclock.world). In each domain, the information can be displayed at multiple scales where it is available. Individuals walking around can focus on particular domains (e.g., water, soil, albedo factor, public health, etc.) but inside an… Read more →
Planetary & Bioregional Intelligence (2026 Brief)
State of the Field and an Invitation to Build What Comes Next Possible Planet Lab — 2026 Brief Executive summary Humanity has entered a phase shift in its relationship with Earth. For the first time, we possess the technical capacity to perceive planetary change in near-real time and the cognitive tools—via artificial intelligence—to synthesize, simulate, and coordinate responses at unprecedented… Read more →
The Near-Future of Planetary Intelligence
Looking at Allie K. Miller, and considering my role at Possible Planet Lab, suggest what’s next for us. Then create an infographic of the key elements of planetary intelligence, taking into account the work of Michael Haupt and Alex Steffen. After producing the infographic, provide a detailed but succinct written commentary on where things stand in the field of planetary… Read more →
An Audio Introduction (Google Illuminate, 12/29/2025)
The Beginnings of Planetary Intelligence (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1No45POlYpi-Pydpp62pTXU3LiFQgDdKr/view?usp=share_link) The goal of Illuminate is to “transform your content into engaging AI‑generated audio discussions.” You give it a URL and it creates a short NotebookLM-style overview. Transcript: This conversation is powered by Google Illuminate. Check out illuminate.google.com for more. Today, we’re diving into the concept of Planetary Intelligence. It sounds like something straight… Read more →
How Can We Understand Ourselves Better?
I’d like to think about planetary intelligence as getting to know and understand ourselves better, from the planetary down to the bioregional, local, and personal level. If we can make available to everyone a sense of the whole—of Gaia, a miracle even without the fake spiritual trappings that some claim to have special access to—of the planet and all her… Read more →
An Outline for a Themed Dialogue at DSRE
Looking at https://youtu.be/op3ZP5RwS_M, help me refine an outline for a “themed dialogue” at the Design School for Regenerating Earth on planetary and bioregional intelligence, highlighting the important questions that the conversation should address. Here’s my thinking: (1) Background (working with AI on the Possible Planet book, wanting to understand AI’s highest potentials, David Grinspoon et al on “planetary intelligence”); (2)… Read more →
The Next Step
It seems to me that the next step for the lab is to develop a community of interest around the idea of planetary intelligence. It makes sense to have that be bioregional, as one of the first tasks is to build a practical example of bioregional intelligence using the Genesee Finger Lakes region. I’d like to extend an invitation to… Read more →
A Practical Research Program for Developing Planetary Intelligence
Saturday, December 20, 2025 First, a clarification of framing (important) Planetary intelligence is not an end goal. It is an ongoing capacity—like public health, democracy, or ecological stewardship—that must continuously adapt as conditions change. A more accurate statement is: Planetary intelligence is humanity’s developing ability to sense planetary conditions, understand their meaning, make collective decisions grounded in reality and fairness,… Read more →