climate… The Guardian: Rural distrust of urban elites & city bike innovations 20 Jun 2017 Another look at how Americans became polarized between small-town and big-city voters and the creation of the red/blue divide in the USA, this time from The Guardian. It’s no secret Donald Trump benefited…
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…
justice… The Curse of Coltan 13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015 Planning another of those difficult talks about primate conservation, and came across this summary of the link to coltan mining in the DRC.
climate… Little humans on a big planet 22 Apr 201523 Apr 2015 Happy Earth Day! I hope you enjoyed the Google doodle and quiz as much as I did (in my squiddy way, I 'spose). You can even get Google to match your…
Culture Change… My take on sustainability, in video form 27 Jun 2014 This morning I took a workshop on producing and editing screencast videos for the "flipped classroom." I chose to pursue my usual prey with my PowerPoint. The results (including goofy…
climate… Warmer climate strongly affects human conflict and violence worldwide, says study 13 Aug 201313 Aug 2013 In case you didn't get the memo that climate change is probably the most important, and almost certainly the largest human rights issue facing us today. If you want to…
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… CARNADA RELAUNCHED 20 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 The Kitchen Curmudgeon turns her sharp wit to some of the media's "trolling points" in their coverage of whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations regarding the growing surveillance state.
Culture Change… Indigenous Energy Idle No More 7 Apr 201316 Jul 2013 Indigenous voices are being raised. The amazing story of Idle No More, and their resistance to the exploitation of the Alberta Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline, is a…