climate… Maybe Local Farming Could Save the Planet 16 Jul 2020 ...or at least, the humans A climate-concerned friend recently forwarded me a link to an article headlined "Local Farming Can’t Save the Planet," concerned that it had some evidence that…
Culture Change… A New Wrinkle in Our Time: Transforming the Oil Economy 11 May 2020 I've written before about how precarious the fossil fuel industry has actually been for many years now. A friend sent this brilliant summary of the recent oil price crash, and…
education… Famous Footprints: 50 years ago, 3.6 million years ago (give or take) 20 Jul 201922 Jul 2019 ... then, just ~3.6 million years later... Three and a half million years separate the individual who left these footprints in the sands of Africa from the one who left…
Culture Change… Gals and the Global Goals 6 Mar 201914 Mar 2019 As part the United Nations Association of Santa Cruz event celebrating International Women's Day 2019, I facilitated a "Gals and the Global Goals" workshop on Saturday, March 9th. My workshop considered the…
education… Connecting Sustainability Competences and Pedagogies FOR THE WIN! 19 Sep 201819 Sep 2018 The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) just announced that our paper 'Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education' is a winner…
education… “Connecting Competences” paper in finals for AASHE recognition 29 Aug 2018 The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced our paper 'Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education' as a finalist for the…
education… Famous Footprints: 49 years ago today, 3.6 million years ago (give or take) 20 Jul 2018 ... then, just ~3.6 million years later... Three and a half million years separate the individual who left these footprints in the sands of Africa from the one who left…
News and Links… Funny, funny apes 2 Jul 2018 Following up from my appearance on Planet Watch Radio, LM asked "What is bonobo's capacity for humor and what function does that serve?" A brief (and admittedly unsatisfying) answer on…
climate… Present and Persistent Palm Oil Problems 27 Jun 2018 The IUCN Oil Palm Task Force has just published a review of the current conundrums of industrial oil palm crops in the tropics. Land-clearing for plantations geard toward international palm oil production remain…
