The answer to Dr. Goodall’s question at left is our intelligence is only part of the package that is humankind. We mustn’t forget about our greed, tribalism, and cruelty.
Category: Sustainability
You Cannot . . . .
Of course you can. It’s done by many millions of Americans on a daily basis. We do all kinds of indefensibly stupid things, in case you haven’t noticed.
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Some People Have a Tough Time Providing Help to Trump Supporters
The story at left is an interesting one, and it has a certain intersection with my own experience. Here goes: When my daughter was young, she and I volunteered with a local charity that delivered groceries to the elderly and …
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Our Politics Is “So Petty”
I would be surprised to learn that there is a single human being who’s had the opportunity to look back on the Earth from space who had any other reaction than that of American astronaut Edgar Mitchell (at left). This …
“Corporate” Plastic Pollution?
It’s not completely fair to call our problem with plastic pollution “corporate.” Yes, Coke, Pepsi, Nestle, and the others are at least partly responsible, but we mustn’t excuse consumers who refuse to change their behavior. When I used to hold …
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Why We Torment the World’s Poor
Perhaps a more fair rewrite to the question at left would be: “Why do the most powerful people in the United States strip resources from the most downtrodden?” Of course, extreme greed and cruelty isn’t limited to the U.S., though …
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From Navy Admiral (Ret) William McRaven
Admiral McRaven’s words at left focus on Trump’s effect on America and our country’s effect on the rest of the world. All this started, of course, in 2015, when our national politics first embraced Donald Trump, a conman, pathological liar, …
The Attack on PBS and NPR
In Santa Barbara County, where 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” makes its home, PBS and NPR are hardly under threat. We at “2GE” make regular monthly contributions to the local affiliates of both, and those organizations have money coming out their ears from …
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Is Destruction the New Beginning?
Let’s imagine that the assertion at left is true–even the most extreme version. There are astrophysicists who believe that the universe in which we live that began 13.7 billion years ago is just one of an endless number of universes …
The Good Guys Do Not …
It’s true that history’s “good guys” have never built concentration camps. Nor have they banned books, degraded public education, deliberately ruined the environment, removed human rights, or allowed their leaders to commit crimes. When we say that this is a …
