Love this! The idea of “living small,” i.e., carrying a low carbon footprint, is appealing to every decent person living on this planet. The day is coming where people who live like pigs will be regarded as such, and that …
Category: Sustainability
William Penn Sends His Love Through the Centuries
Here, William Penn stands atop Philadelphia’s City Hall, with the Ben Franklin Parkway leading to the Art Museum in the distance. Like most cities, Philly is quite beautiful in snow. Penn, certainly the world’s most famous Quaker, is a reminder …
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What’s Going Away, and What’s Not
The caricature here illustrates a sad truth about what we can expect going forward in American society. The former president is most definitely “going away,” as he deals with probable criminal prosecution and financial ruination, as well as a slow …
Tagged with: "Trumpism" as a national phenomenon, anti-intellectualism, Most of the 74 million people who voted for Trump in 2020 still believe the election was stolen via a vast network of conspirators in each of the swing states, the belief in bizarre conspiracy theories, the denial of science, the mania for guns, Trump deals with diminution of public and political support, Trump deals with financial ruination, Trump deals with probable criminal prosecution, U.S. rejoins the planetary community, white nationalism
Comment on the Minimum Wage
There are two different, though related reasons that the minimum wage hasn’t risen in the last 12 years: First, there is a certain undercurrent of cruelty in this country that manifests itself in various ways. If you believe that any …
Canada: Proud Boys Is a Terrorist Group
The New York Times reports, “The designation could see bank accounts linked to the group frozen and assets seized, while also expanding police investigative powers.” In any case, it’s nice to be reminded that our neighbor to the north is …
Tagged with: Proud Boys
The Dawning of a New Day
At left and below is 20th Century American artist/illustrator Maxfield Parrish’s iconic work “Daybreak.” No one knows the story behind it, and perhaps that’s a good thing. To call it “suggestive” is to put it mildly. We can hope that …
Greenwashing Par Excellence
This is one of the most disgusting examples of greenwashing I’ve ever come across. You call your water in plastic bottles that will be polluting our lands and oceans “sustainable” because it comes from a huge aquafer? I’m a man …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: A Bit of Oil-Related Justice
Question: Donald Pols and Channa Samkalden are top bananas in the Dutch environmental organization Milieudefensie. Why are they so happy? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Allowing Big Oil to ravage our planet and its people with …
Gun Control in America
In response to my recent post Honest and Insightful Discussions of Gun Control Do Not Exist, Gary Tulie writes: Could never understand the US attitude to guns, and the level of opposition to basic regulation let alone prohibition of even …
Tagged with: Trump's policies of cruelty and hate
GOP Appoints QAnon’s Marjorie Taylor Greene to Educational Committee
When public education wrecking ball Betsy DeVos left office, did it dawn on anyone that we’d soon be speaking about someone associated with American education who is arguably even worse? From this: The Democratic chair of the House Education and …
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