My brilliant and sensitive friend Zan Dubin Scott writes: This is why we can’t have nice things: we live in a plastic-surgery world and buy too many new things all the time. They’re spraying this gorgeous fir GREEN! It’s not …
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It’s a Crisis!
We live in a time of environmental collapse, in a world at the brink of nuclear war, where 1.5 billion of us can’t get a glass of clean water to drink, and the U.S. Constitution is being ripped into shreds. …
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The Wisdom of Wendell Berry
I have moments of pessimism where it’s hard for me to imagine a soft landing for human civilization given the direction it’s headed, vis-a-vis environmental collapse, the trend toward world fascism, and the threat of nuclear war. Wendell Berry sure …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Environmental Collapse
Question: Since he took office, President Trump has made eliminating federal environmental regulations a top priority. Working in sync with help from Republicans in Congress, Trump has done everything possible to drive the success of the fossil fuel industry, stripping …
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A Sustainable Future Requires Great Compassion
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of Carl Jung (pictured), born in 1875. He was the founder of analytic psychology. He noticed that myths and fairytales from all kinds of different cultures have certain similarities.
A New Year’s Suggestion
Hard to add much to this meme. (Larger version below.) Let’s make 2019 the year in world history in which humankind started thinking of itself as a community, and began acting accordingly.
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What Did Your Country Contribute?
The abandonment of all principles of ethics, fairness and justice. If you’re not a rich white straight guy who’s going to be dead before the coming environmental collapse and either a) has no children or b) lacks any concern for …
Scarcity, Sustainability, and Shell Oil
Regarding my post: Shell Oil Has an Indefensible Position, But At Least (I Believe) It’s Trying, a reader suggests that I check out the book Abundance, by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, and summarizes it as follows: It offers the only …
Obama’s Legacy and the Environment
Here’s a powerful article that bashes Obama, not as a Muslim Kenyan food-stamp socialist, but as just another lying politician — one whose true legacy will be “the guy who had the last chance to save the environment from collapse …
