Culture Change… Promoting Sustainable Choices at College Events 27 Apr 2012 To put it as diplomatically as possible, we experienced some challenges in attempts to make a recent event more sustainable, especially in regards to the free food that was offered…
Culture Change… Pre-OCCUPIED 18 Nov 2011 So much going on with the Occupy movement... I'm afraid all I can manage is a a few quick bytes: What kind of pie? OCCUPY! It has just the right…
Culture Change… Green lifestyle choices won’t solve the climate problem | Grist 8 Nov 20118 Nov 2011 This article clearly makes the argument that the efforts put into going even greener individually are much less effective than efforts to promote changes at larger systems levels: Setting an…
Culture Change… Occupy Gaia! 30 Oct 20117 Apr 2013 One example and a beautiful image of the power and importance of the feminine in the global shift taking place: OCCUPY! GAIA RISING! - ALEX NOBLE - Occupy!. And, if…
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… Save the Knoll 7 Sep 20117 Sep 2011 A local site in Santa Cruz is in dispute. Remains attributed to the native Ohlone tribe have been found, with the site dating back about 6000 years. Local Ohlone heroine…
climate… The Sound of a New Green Economy 2 Sep 2011 From the Green for All team, a video that sums up the argument for the new Green Collar Economy:
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…
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…
justice… Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities 29 Apr 201129 Apr 2011 As part of Cabrillo College's 5th Annual Social Justice Conference, I'm hosting a discussion of issues of environmental justice and the connections between social justice, environmental health, the rights of indigenous peoples, social equity and sustainability. Here…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 