Many baby-boomers, if given the chance to go back in time and rethink what type of lawns would surround our houses, might have made the choice our ancestors made.
Category: Sustainability
The Beef Industry
This is funny, I admit, but I don’t think most people have a problem with hunters who eat what they kill. This is not morally equivalent to factory meat farming, and the clearing of our rainforests to support the beef …
Tagged with: Beef Industry
Bleach as Cure for Disease
Earlier this week, a Florida man and his three adult sons were convicted in a Florida court of selling industrial bleach as a cure for COVID-19 through their online “church.” This is reminiscent of the criminal proceedings against the 1000+ …
Re: John Wesley’s Manifesto: “That Dog Don’t Hunt”
This from 18th Century theologian and founder of Methodism John Wesley. To put it simply, we’ve replaced all these ideas with our love of money. Anything that doesn’t make rich people richer is a non-starter in 21st Century America.
Putting War in the Past
From the late poet and writer Eve Merriam: I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, “Mother, what was war?” Let’s hope that the International Criminal Court have some major success in prosecuting war criminals, as this …
Another Energy Lie
Here’s a company that claims it enables its customer to reduce emissions associated with heating their homes by 90%. The concept is the operation of a heat pump with off-peak (cheap) electricity, and the distribution of that heat to the …
Your Favorite Philosopher
A quick story I’d like to share if I may. When I was studying Western philosophy at Georgetown University in the late 1970s, I had a discussion with a fellow graduate student whose understanding of the subject was far superior …
Tagged with: Hegel and Heidegger
Compelling Imagery
When we stand on a beach and look out at the open ocean, it’s easy to get a sense for the utter vastness there; it seems limitless, and thus perhaps impervious to the injuries we’re inflicting on it. This image …
Tagged with: Our resources are finite
You Matter
Each one of us makes a difference. How we live our lives and do what’s right has a huge influence on the well-being of humankind. And keep in mind that the battle for a sustainable civilization is becoming more interesting …
From Guest Blogger Lillian Connor – Sustainability in Space: A Business and Economic Imperative
Just as sustainability efforts on Earth aim to balance present needs with future generations’ well-being, space sustainability seeks to utilize the space environment to meet the current demands of society without compromising the needs of future generations. As human activities …
