I envy people who can press on in life without feeling the weight of living among people who readily accept complete garbage as truth. The problem, of course, is that they vote, and elect people who make the outrageous claims …
Category: Sustainability
Wendell Berry On Our Environment
American novelist, poet, and essayist Wendell Berry makes an excellent point here about the moral depravity of people who don’t have the courage to stand up against who destroy our natural environment. Imagine a person coming into your home and …
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Profit Isn’t the Main Thing; It’s the Only Thing
The cartoon here would be a lot funnier if it weren’t sadly http://Profit Is the Only Thing true. It’s precisely what’s happening in the world around us.
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Incrementalism Not Getting the Job Done
This comes from Canadian environmental activist, campaigner and writer Tzeporah Berman. It’s illustrative of the anger that many of us feel towards the forces on this planet that are knowingly causing it to degrade, simply for profit.
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Obama on the Environment
I was lucky enough to be invited to hear Barack Obama speak at an environmental conference in Las Vegas in 2015. I was amazed to learn how much he knew about the subject, and how disappointed he was that he …
Youthful Murderer’s Mom Still Not Indicted as an Accessory
I think the idiom is “glossing over” rather than “glazing over,” but that’s hardly the point. It is hard to understand why this woman has not been charged with a crime. Let’s hope that prosecutors are waiting to see precisely …
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Why Are We Destroying Our Home?
We’re intelligent, but that’s not our only attribute. We’re also cruel, selfish, subject to demagoguery, neurotic, superstitious, tribal, and indifferent to the suffering of others. We know that the path we’re on is completely unsustainable, but most of us simply …
What’s That Look on Greta Thunberg’s Face?
Greta Thunberg is normally photographed with a scowl on her face, but not when in the presence of a person like Jane Goodall, who has spent her life building an understanding of life forms and using that knowledge to make …
Environmentally Responsible People Are Happy People
Here’s a bar chart of the grid-mix in the OECD countries. Note the correspondence between the nations at the top of the graph and those at the top of the world happiness rankings. The seven happiest countries, in order, are …
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It’s About the People
The meme makes an important point, and it’s certainly not limited to child care. Think about the “Green New Deal” or “Build Back Better,” call it what you will. There are many millions of American families that will benefit from …
