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Earth Day & March for Science

22 Apr 2017
I'm heading to the lovely Santa Cruz March for Science and Earth Day celebration, and wanted to share a song to celebrate that: (You can also see the lyrics to…
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…
heroes…

An Ecology Of Mind – A daughter’s portrait of Gregory Bateson

19 Jan 201519 Jan 2015
I was lucky to see this at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz a couple years ago. Now it's available to the world.   An Ecology Of Mind- A Daughter's…
Culture Change…

A New Type of Thinking

12 Jan 201512 Jan 2015
The world we have made, as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far, creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of thinking at…
disasters…

Evidence of illegal logging activity detected by conservation drones in Gunung Leuser National Park

3 Oct 20143 Oct 2014
More logging in Leuser - ouch! At least the Gunung Leuser National Park officials seem to have given an appropriate response. Here's hoping those conservation drones can catch more illegal…
education…

Conservation Drones?

4 Sep 20148 Sep 2014
When I was slogging through the swamps and slipping down the mud-slicked trails of Sumatra, following orangutans, I often daydreamed about how the right tech would make the job so…
Culture Change…

Interdependence~Independence Day 2014

4 Jul 2014
Re-imagining Independence Day It's that time of year again, and I'm an ocean away from my home country. Of course, I can't let a Fourth of July pass without remembering my…
climate…

A Beautiful Action

9 Aug 2013
I spent last Saturday in Richmond, California with a couple thousand amazing people, including Bill McKibben, who had this to say: ... daily life was interrupted dramatically one year ago today…
heroes…

Reforesting Sumatra

25 Jul 2013
The Sumatran Orangutan Society has launched a new reforestation campaign, complete with an animated video.  They employ local people to plant trees that will help a diverse rainforest recover. 1…
Culture Change…

A Declaration of Interdependence~Independence Day 2013

4 Jul 20134 Jul 2013
Re-imagining Independence Day It's that time of year again.  Here in our little coastal paradise, hordes or barbarians descend to get out of the inland heat, char some animal flesh, and blow…

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