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… Embracing the Anthropocene 25 May 201125 May 2011 Embracing the Anthropocene - NYTimes.com. An important look at our capacity to change our home planet, and how we choose to think about it. Revkin's thoughtful comments include: Earth is…
disasters… Prevention, Unsung Heroes, and the Big Picture 27 Mar 201127 Mar 2011 I heard an NPR piece this afternoon about awards for outstanding work by air traffic controllers. When they do their best, it doesn't make the news. Perhaps even the passengers in…
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…
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…
money culture The Money Culture, Part 3 14 Jan 201114 Jan 2011 "We are at the point in history where the infinite growth paradigm collides with something that is more powerful than money is..." - Michael Ruppert, Collapse (2009 movie) The more-powerful…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 