“Nothing Day” Pokes a Hole in Robo-Consumerism
It’s heartening to know that the movement to do away with robo-consumerism is alive and well.
One day shortly before Christmas when my kids were little, we happened to be outside a department store, and I told them, “I want you to know that there is nothing in that store that I need, or even want. Not one thing. I would appreciate a Christmas present, but it would mean so much more to me if it’s something you created. Please write me a poem, paint me a picture, whatever you want.”
Infinite growth on a planet of finite size is not possible.
Often, the greatest steps forward in our civilization occur when someone stands up against unjust laws and simply refuses to obey them. A few people who said it (much) better: 
Just received this:
Re: the photo here, a reader notes: The president-elect has included those with climate experience across a wide swath of federal agencies. I hope they are experts that think outside the business as usual box. 
Given that 73 million voters cannot recognize a cheap conman when they see one, what’s the prognosis for making America smart and compassionate again?
The caption here translates as “Exxon’s climate solution: use algae as biofuel. Experts say it won’t work.”
As previously mentioned, 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is located in Santa Ynez, CA, a fairly rural, “God and country” (read: redneck) part of Santa Barbara County. Ironically, our little burg has the completely opposite ethos of the tiny little beach city that sits only 30 miles away, featuring the University of California at Santa Barbara, home of 12 different Nobel laureates, 9 of whom won for physics and materials science.
Nowhere on Earth is this more apparent, and more devastating, than in the United States, a country in which 
Here’s a meme made in 2016, which foretold of the devastating effect that Trump would make in American education. Four years later, our children are that much further behind their counterparts around the globe in terms of math, science, reading comprehension, and critical thinking–that much less equipped to compete in the international marketplace.
David Brooks: “The Rotting of the Republican Mind”