Here are a couple of my reactions to the meme here: I really don’t think anyone, regardless of where he resides along the political spectrum, wants any aspect of our behavior to be required, even as benign as composting may …
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Embracing the Wisdom of Buckminster Fuller
In a great number of respects, mid-Century “Bucky” Fuller was correct in what he said here. The Iron Age didn’t win out over the Bronze Age because of humankind’s resentment of bronze, nor did the Information Age come along because …
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Being Hopeful in Bad Times
I was so happy to come across this just now. As I was cleaning up after my dog (pictured here) when he and I were out on a walk the other day, someone pointed out, “Not everyone does that.” “So …
A Sustainable Future Requires Great Compassion
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of Carl Jung (pictured), born in 1875. He was the founder of analytic psychology. He noticed that myths and fairytales from all kinds of different cultures have certain similarities.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Electric Transportation in Norway
Question: What percentage of all cars sold in Norway last year were battery-electric? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Wow! You Really BELIEVE That?
The author of the meme here has accurately summed up the biggest problem facing our civilization: the frailty of poor thinking. We have a horrific inability to question anything that undermines what we want to believe, when these beliefs are …
A Sustainable Future Can Only Be Built on a Base of Compassion
A couple of days ago, I quoted someone who took umbrage at the Trump administration’s disdain for Puerto Rico and the appalling lack of compassion it showed for the 3000 people who died as a result of the fifteenth-rate response …
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From Guest Blogger Lana Hawkins: Seven Mega-Construction Projects That Could Save the Environment and the Economy
Humans are eager builders who long to leave a lasting mark on the universe. Alas, some scars take an eternity to heal, and we have to take this into consideration when planning massive construction projects. Fortunately, visionary architects are showing …
Oxygen Levels Are Falling
Everyone’s aware of the greenhouse gas emission issue, but no one’s talking about the fact that the oxygen levels in our atmosphere are declining faster than the CO2 is rising. The culprits: desertification, deforestation, and pollution of our oceans. This …
Our Society Is Headed in the Direction of Eco-Consciousness, But the Path Is Indirect
We all know the famous lines from the sermon that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered at the Baccalaureate at the commencement exercises for Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he told us: “The arc of the moral universe is long, …
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