Collective Learning

Faye Cox, founder and editor-in-chief of Hourbooks, is dedicated to creating a library of hour-long books on essential topics for this critical time on the planet—books that are accessible and authoritative. Small books on big topics.

By: Nicholas Triolo

A four-part podcast series about the rise of mariculture along the Oregon coast.

By: Kaïa Kirkbride

“Ologies” is a comedic science podcast hosted and produced by writer, actress, science-correspondent, comedian, and self-proclaimed “pod-dad” Alie Ward. The series has, previously, been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s top 50 podcasts.

By: Kaïa Kirkbride

A joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. 

By: Robert Macfarlane

2026 marks the ten-year anniversary of the Indigenous resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota. This book is a must-read history of the movement.

By: Nick Estes

Here are five resources our Magic Canoe staff found in 2025 that oriented us to the moment, and to a promising future.

By: Magic Canoe

A Peabody-nominated podcast from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University tells the story of the world’s dominant economic system—how it emerged and evolved over the centuries—and explores how it might be transformed.
This podcast series by Katy Shields and Vegard Beyer tells the true story of why The Limits to Growth (1972), after positive initial reception, was fought against and has since been largely ignored.

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