2GreenEnergy mega-supporter Cameron Atwood sent me this fabulous set of suggestions on how to conduct oneself so as to optimize our chances for a happy and harmonious life. It’s hard to read this and not examine one’s life with an …
Category: Sustainability
Religion: Poison or Antidote?
Depicted here is a huge source of our problems. If you happen to have a globe handy, please take a minute and scan it. While so doing, note the huge correlation between countries in which religion plays a minor role …
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How Responsible Are We for the Outcome of Our Lives?
At first glance, the meme here makes sense. Aren’t we all responsible for our own condition? It’s a natively attractive proposition for me, born a white straight male, adopted by wealthy parents who sent me through private school and college, …
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More on Human Extinction
Here’s a follow-up conversation on my earlier post, in which I discussed this article, that predicts the extinction of humanity within the coming few decades. Reader A: I am curious as to why the extinction of a species is anything …
Human Extinction?
Here’s an article that predicts the extinction of humanity within the coming few decades. It begins: In case you haven’t heard, we’re currently in the midst of Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, and it’s only accelerating. On a recent episode …
What a Sustainable Future Looks Like
Here are a couple of my reactions to the meme here: I really don’t think anyone, regardless of where he resides along the political spectrum, wants any aspect of our behavior to be required, even as benign as composting may …
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An Interpretation of Christianity
Here’s an interesting interpretation of monotheism in general and Christianity in particular. Not only are you “sinful and bad,” but you’re on your way to burn in hell for all eternity if, for whatever reason, you fail to accept Christ …
The Real Meaning of “Pro-Life”
Here’s a clever reminder of the fact that “pro-life” means one, extremely narrowly defined thing, and it has very little to do with life in any real sense of the word: forcing pregnant women to carry their fetuses to term, …
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A Massive Collective Awakening
There is no reason that the statement here can’t be true. It’s quite possible that humankind will, as one, realize that the forces of oppression all around us are unacceptable and demand solutions to environmental collapse, social injustice, and massive, …
