About Gravity & You

We—and every living creature and inanimate object—live in a constant relationship to our planet's gravitational pull. Earth's gravity is pervasive and controls everything with the exact same force, yet we don’t tend to pay much attention to it. We go through our day seemingly unaware that this force is constantly working on us.

We believe that it is the pervasive and controlling nature of gravity that makes it so important. It is the glue that not only keeps the moon in its orbit around the earth, but that holds everything together in an arc of commonality and inclusiveness.

We offer this site as an aide to help us become more aware of gravity—to allow us to think about gravity in a new light, and, by extension, to permit us to experience a broader perspective and understanding of how the world functions and what our place is in it.

We think that this kind of understanding can contribute to social justice. If we can begin to understand how gravity affects us all, then we can begin to discuss our differences from a solid foundation of commonality, one free of the divisive barriers that politics, ideology, tribalism, and nationalism have thrown up over the centuries of human thought.

As our world fills up with people, and we face the existential challenges of diminishing resources, pollution, and climate change on a global scale, we need a way to respond that can ensure the survival of our species and the long-term health of the planet that shelters us. We think that gravity holds the key.

The Birth of an Idea

Read Gravity Rules founder, Lee Minkler's discussion of the origins of Gravity Rules