Culture Change… 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…
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… Painful Topics: Primate Conservation 29 Jan 20129 May 2018 I realize that the title of my blog probably makes some think that I'd be talking about non-human primates a bit more. But, despite the fact that I could be…
disasters… California’s Higher-Education Disaster – The Chronicle of Higher Education 15 Jan 201227 May 2016 ...budget cuts caused enrollment in California community colleges to decline by over 400,000 students. That’s more than the total number of undergraduates enrolled in the entire California State University system.…
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…
education… World of 7 Billion 22 Oct 201110 Aug 2012 World of 7 Billion Wall Chart Human population on the planet is estimated by the UN to reach 7 Billion by the end of this month. How did we get…
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)…
climate… ‘Contagion’ Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases 30 Sep 2011 'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases. I haven't seen the movie, but this article provides another reminder…
Culture Change… Mindful Recycling and Waste « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill 10 Sep 201110 Sep 2011 As with energy, we should have practices that enhance our awareness that nothing is ever “thrown away.” It is especially important that we think about the disposition of each item,…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 