education What would a sustainable Third Level Campus look like? 29 Mar 201629 Mar 2016 Another rehearsal video - this time for a short job talk on ways to address sustainability and sustainable development in third level (a.k.a. post-secondary, higher or further) education. I advocate…
primates RIP Elwyn Simons 17 Mar 2016 Elwyn L. Simons was one of the leading figures of paleoprimatology, and founder of the Duke University Primate Center. His fossil discoveries included Aegyptopithecus. He worked on primate conservation, focusing on…
Living Systems… World Wildlife Day: It’s about their lives 3 Mar 20163 Mar 2016 In this beautiful essay, naturalist Paul Rosolie reminds us that it's not just about ecosystem accounting. It's about individual, intelligent animals. It's about tapping into our compassion and empathy. It's…
Culture Change… Decolonizing Permaculture 28 Feb 201628 Feb 2016 An important, deeply thought, and carefully articulated response to some questions that have been gnawing at me for quite some time.
climate… We’ve got goals: the 17 SDGs 15 Feb 201628 Feb 2016 The UNDP's Sustainable Development Goals took effect the first day of 2016. I'll be leading a discussion of these goals at the upcoming NTU Sustainability Salon. As I see it, the most…
Culture Change… The woman who solved economic tragedy 2 Feb 20166 Mar 2019 Elinor Ostrom's on-the-ground research showed how actual people within real, living cultures overcome Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" (more accurately, “The Tragedy of Unmanaged, Laissez-Faire, Common-Pool Resources with Easy Access…
climate… Goodbye and good riddance to coal 29 Jan 201629 Jan 2016 Two fascinating and promising new articles regarding this fossil of a fuel (both from German Energiewende perspectives): Is renewable electricity now driving coal prices? Craig Morris at Energy Transition makes the argument that, particularly in…
education… Creating a New Kind of University 17 Jan 201623 Apr 2016 If you know me or have been following my blog, you may have surmised that I'm interested in creating new forms of higher education that are more conducive to sustainable…
Living Systems… December Solstice Haiku 2015 22 Dec 2015 Solstice dance has passed, The sun kissed the South goodbye, Now flying Northward.
Culture Change… Happy Holidays? 25 Nov 201525 Nov 2015 CGP Grey gives a brief recap of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, just in time for Thanksgiving. Speaking of Thanksgiving, do take some time to get in touch with gratitude…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 