Culture Change – Page 8 – Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate

What I’m up to now…

20 Feb 201420 Feb 2014

In case you've been wondering, I'm now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. My beloved has been tracking our weekend trips on Tumblr. My first big project…

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The Population Problem

Long-time population maven Paul Ehrlich just published a post called Overpopulation and the Collapse of Civilization on the blog for the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB). "Food…

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…

A Beautiful Action

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…

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Qualities of a Global Citizen Game Changer

7 Aug 20137 Aug 2013

I'm grateful to be enrolled in the pilot of a new Pachamama Alliance initiative called GC101. We had our first virtual meeting a couple of hours ago. They asked us…

Reforesting Sumatra

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…

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More on Interdependence

David Bergman: EcoOptimism posted more about Interdependence Day on July 6th: As befits a post on interdependence, there are a lot of intertwined tentacles here: property rights, voting rights, future generations, our relationship…

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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…

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.

Rally in Richmond CA August 3rd

19 Jun 201319 Jun 2013

Mobilize: The Next BIG Rally [in the SF Bay Area] Plan, Fund and Spread the Word (Save the Date) Saturday, August 3 [Richmond, CA] Remember the Richmond Chevron refinery fire last…