Did you know (as claimed here) that toilet paper represents 15% of our world’s deforestation? No? Good, because it’s not true. Think about it. All the other paper products? All the wood-based building products? Let’s be serious. Also, think of …
Category: Sustainability
The Food Industry Is Not Our Friend
Based on the hair styles and bathing suits, I’m guessing this shot (larger version below) was taken in the mid-1960s. What do you notice about it? What I find most striking is that there is not a single obese person …
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Achieving Sustainability Depends on the Way We See the World
What a fabulous thought here. It’s a shame that the bulk of Western Civilization is 180 degrees opposed to this worldview. And as long as that’s the case, our capacity to reach a sustainable way of life will remain elusive.
The U.S. Attempt To Control the Pandemic is Foundering, But Why?
Here are some COVID-19 numbers, daily new cases per 100,000 people, as of yesterday, in the U.S. and three others countries I chose at random: France 16 Germany 13 Argentina 9 U.S. 49 What’s going so wrong here? We don’t …
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Plant-Based Meat, The Best Taste Yet
This clever graffiti artist provided me with another opportunity to remind readers about the progress being made in plant-based meat. Beyond Meat claims that its burger has a “meatier taste” than ever before, and ya know what? They’re right. It’s …
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I’m the Authority
Here’s a parent who relies on his own “research” to supersede doctors on matters of health. If that’s not terrifying, it’s hard to know what is. Imagine: My child has been vomiting relentlessly for 24 hours. He’s so weak and …
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Is Education Thought Control?
We often come across memes like the one here, ridiculing our educational system, claiming it has no value, or even a negative effect on the individual and on society as a whole. One thing I notice, however: well educated people …
DBUS: Don’t Buy Useless Stuff
The people who sell this product say: Make your house seen at night. Have you ever had your delivery missed at night? We know we have! It can be quite annoying when your delivery drivers or guests drive by your …
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Texas To Face Dark Times
Looks like economic upheaval in Texas, coming from two places: Boycotts, as suggested in the meme here, and Plunging real estate prices. There are plenty of people living in Texas who are just as sickened as you and I are, …
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Elon Musk on Our Civilization’s Future
Below is a fabulous 10-minute video featuring Elon Musk’s vision of the future, which includes space migration and artificial intelligence. He sure is excited about becoming a space-faring civilization. I wish I could share his enthusiasm. Our world today is …
