I don’t want to be in the same grocery store as this gentleman, who saw fit to bring three handguns to go shopping. (Actually, I don’t really want to be in the same state.) I know there are some people …
Category: Sustainability
Species Extinction Is an “Ominous Picture”
The natural world holds wonders too numerous to be counted, whose beauty we often behold suddenly and unexpectedly. (A few seconds ago, when you checked out the latest posts here, you didn’t think you’d see an Alpine ibex, warming himself …
Tagged with: Species Extinction
Interpreting the U.S. Constitution
I used to play poker with Norm Novitsky, the fellow shown here. He always struck me as a smart guy, and he certainly earned my respect as a good player.
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Achieving Sustainability Is Harder Than It Looks
What’s the path to sustainability? Those of us who try to wrap our wits around where we are and where we need to be uniformly find that this is not a straight-forward question. For instance, would you like to see …
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Jane Goodall Calls for Billions of People To ‘Make Ethical Choices’ To Save the Planet
I love this exhortation, Dr. Goodall. From your lips to God’s ears, but I do need to point out a few issues that need to be overcome before your wish can be realized by enough people such that it makes …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Plastic Bottles
Question: How many single-use plastic bottles are sold per minute? What percentage of them are unrecycled? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Those of us who care what life on this planet is going to be like when …
Opinion: I’m 12, And I Don’t Understand Why Adults Vote To Destroy The Planet
That teenagers are far more involved politically may be more a matter of necessity than just the normal spirit of energy and enthusiasm we have always found in young folks. When people of any age feel backed into a corner, they …
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Tagged with: Ban on Assault Rifles, findings of our scientists, investment in cleantech, lots of green jobs, richest industry in human history is purposefully causing confusion so as to delay actions that will make them less wealthy, taxes on pollution, universal background checks for perspective gun owners
Bucky Fuller on War and Peace
As I wrote the other day (not that it’s a new idea): If you sincerely support our troops, you will elect leaders who will stop putting them in terrible positions around the world, defending American business interests. Instead of building …
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Memorial Day and the Meaning of Patriotism
I’m fairly sure this is the first mention of Libertarian Ron Paul, whose very worthwhile comment on our war-like nature is featured here.
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Thoughts on Memorial Day
Each Memorial Day, we Americans commemorate our fallen soldiers, and thank them posthumously for making the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf. Unfortunately, few of us take the opportunity to reflect on what the U.S. military actually means to us citizens.
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