Culture Change… Getting Inspired at Bioneers 18 Oct 20117 Apr 2013 There is so much concentrated hope in one weekend at Bioneers, it can get a person like me and thousands of other "reverent, sane people" (a.k.a. environmentalists - Caroline Casey)…
Culture Change… Occupied Lands 6 Oct 201118 Oct 2011 I'm mostly hopeful about the promise of the "Occupy" movement. One of the oft-reported weaknesses of the movement is the lack of a unified message. But this criticism overlooks…
Culture Change… Strategies for Changing the Story 15 Jul 201115 Jul 2011 or, "What neuroscience can tell us about political strategies." A post a while back by Kitchenmudge got me interested in some discussions about brain differences, and how these might just point…
revolution A Declaration of Interdependence: Re-imagining Independence Day 2 Jul 20114 Jul 2011 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…
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…
revolution Delenn, Muse and the Strange Lure of Fighting for the Cause 15 Mar 201126 Mar 2011 In general, I am a pacifist. Intellectually I abhor violence. Personally, I'm unable to cope effectively with even the mildest conflict. At Bioneers last year, Lynne Twist asked us to decide…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 