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…
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…
heroes… Dreams and Dreamers, Big Lies and Deep Lies 24 Jun 2011 Watching Van Jones makes me simultaneously angry and delighted (rebuildthedream.com). To be more clear, he gets me in touch with my rage by clearly articulating some of the fundamental problems…
money culture… Saying TATA to TINA (without looking like some kind of loony) 10 Jun 201110 Jun 2011 The Money Culture, Part 5 As the Cold War drew to a close and the Soviet Union began to collapse, Maggie Thatcher said of capitalism and the Washington Consensus "There…
disasters… “My bet is on the hairless monkey.” 29 May 201129 May 2011 From the Center for Pattern Literacy (Permaculture visionary and Gaia's Garden author Toby Hemenway's site) comes this refreshingly sober and calm blog entry on the realities of Peak Oil: Apocalypse, Not | Pattern…
disasters… This Earth Week: Taking America Back From the Polluters — Green For All 20 Apr 201111 May 2020 This Earth Week: Taking America Back From the Polluters — Green For All. Excerpts from a stirring speech by Green for All's CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins on the 1 year anniversary…
money culture Taxing Issues 15 Apr 20118 Aug 2011 This was originally posted on my old Apegrrl blog here: 5/14/03 Taxing Issues. It seemed fitting to repost, just in time for Tax Day. It's unedited, save for the removal or…
disasters… Aftershocks 19 Mar 201119 Mar 2011 The immense human tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is just starting to fade from the headlines. The crisis of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility is at a…
money culture Is “Sustainable Agriculture” an Oxymoron? 27 Feb 2011 Is "Sustainable Agriculture" an Oxymoron?. An elaboration on what Jared Diamond meant about "the worst mistake in the history of the human race" - with details about anthropological studies of…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 