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Interdependence~Independence Day 2014

4 Jul 2014
Re-imagining Independence Day It's that time of year again, and I'm an ocean away from my home country. Of course, I can't let a Fourth of July pass without remembering my…
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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…
Culture Change…
22 Feb 201322 Feb 2013
...a healthy relationship between humans and nature is a symbiotic one. We cannot live without nature, but we also cannot live without altering it. Whether we do so with understanding…
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Why Brandalise? | brandalism

30 Jul 201230 Jul 2012
A thoughtful group of artists  decided to Occupy! billboards in Britain this summer, because: Advertising is part of a system which destroys our future to fulfil the demands of the…
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The Shared Dream at the Top of the Stairs

13 Jul 201211 Jun 2018
Apparently (I have not yet read it), E.O. Wilson has a new book, The Social Conquest of Earth, promoting his ideas about multilevel selection.  What's that?  That's the idea that Natural Selection…
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Independence/Interdependence Day 2012

4 Jul 2012
A news clip today from the world of high-energy physics reminded me that today isn't just about people with small explosives: Today is an important day for science, and for…
education

Lexicon of Sustainability

30 Apr 201230 Apr 2012
excerpt from Orion Magazine:"We live in a world of dwindling natural resources. The principle of sustainability offers us a roadmap for managing what we have left. Yet as we attempt…
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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…
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AASHE’s ‘Higher Education Occupation’ Project

21 Feb 201221 Feb 2012
The Occupy Movement should give true sustainability advocates reason for hope. Sustainability isn't just about cleaning up our environmental act, but about building a new society that respects peopleand planet. Sustainability…
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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…

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