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…
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…
disasters… This Earth Week: Taking America Back From the Polluters — Green For All 20 Apr 201111 May 2020 This Earth Week: Taking America Back From the Polluters — Green For All. Excerpts from a stirring speech by Green for All's CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins on the 1 year anniversary…
education Second Nature: Sustainability in Higher Education 11 Apr 201111 Apr 2011 Share the Second Nature story!. - Excellent little video about why we can't wait to make sustainability THE priority at colleges and universities.
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…
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 