Living Systems… Charging for Land 8 Aug 2011 The [Land Value Tax] strikes at the heart of the land monopoly. In a powerful speech, Winston Churchill said, “Land monopoly is not the only monopoly, but it is by…
climate… Thirsty for Answers 2 Aug 20112 Aug 2011 NRDC: Thirsty for Answers: Preparing for the Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American Cities Heard about this during an episode on the Diane Rehm Show on adaptation to climate change.…
Culture Change… Pitchapalooza! « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill 1 Aug 2011 Pitchapalooza! « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill. A bit about the pitch for my latest fiction idea. I'm developing a young adult novel for a couple of strategic…
disasters… Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes? | Grist 29 Jul 20118 Aug 2011 Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes? | Grist. Again, it's time to start taking this seriously, as a potential solution for multiple problems. See my previous post…
Culture Change… Shopping our way out of it? 29 Jul 201128 Mar 2013 So, there's a kind of thinking about sustainability that is very pro-business, that says "if we just bought better stuff, the world would be a better place." And, to an…
Culture Change… The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill 22 Jul 201122 Jul 2011 Greetings Earthlings! « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill. Yep, I'm actually putting it out there... my writing projects have a public place. I'll also use that blog to…
climate… Twelve year old Severn Suzuki speaking at the UN Earth Summit (1992) « Critical Docs 20 Jul 201120 Jul 2011 Came across this on a kind-of wikiwalk... just... wow. It's still mostly in "Litany" mode, but I think this is getting at what I meant by the way the stories…
Culture Change… Strategies for Changing the Story 15 Jul 201115 Jul 2011 or, "What neuroscience can tell us about political strategies." A post a while back by Kitchenmudge got me interested in some discussions about brain differences, and how these might just point…
money culture Gift Economics (and Free Hugs) 8 Jul 201128 Aug 2015 I came across this intriguing essay on the gift economy. Want to fix the economy? Next time you buy coffee, purchase a cup for the person behind you. Or as you…
climate… Bill McKibben’s Extreme Weather Oped 5 Jul 2011 Powerful Video of Bill McKibben's Extreme Weather Oped. Can we definitively say that any one "freak" record-breaking event was caused by the increased concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere? No.…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 