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Declaring Independent Interdependence

3 Jul 2017
The 4th of July is the day the United States celebrates its independence from external tyranny. What about the forms of tyranny and oppression that are inherent in our country…
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Star Trek or Little House on the Prairie, the Red/Blue Divide, and Imagining Complexly

10 Nov 201611 Nov 2016
The US election results of 8 Nov 2016 were a bit shocking to me. David Wong at Cracked.com provided a strikingly insightful explanation of why I and my ivory tower, liberal…
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We’ve got goals: the 17 SDGs

15 Feb 201628 Feb 2016
The UNDP's Sustainable Development Goals took effect the first day of 2016.  I'll be leading a discussion of these goals at the upcoming NTU Sustainability Salon.  As I see it, the most…
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People’s Climate March

22 Sep 2014
Seeing the pictures out of NYC gives me some real hope that we can create the kind of change we need soon enough to make a difference.  Time Magazine is…
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Post-capitalism? Property and money

3 Sep 20141 Sep 2014
Charles Eisenstein has a thoughtful little post about the terms and meanings of capital, property and ownership - how we construct these in the current money culture, and how that…
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More Quantification: Religion, History, Education, Literacy

6 Jun 20146 Jun 2014
Venturing into even more contentious territory than last week, I've compiled some more statistics for my study area. Asia Religion, History, Higher Education, and Literacy Some interesting findings in the religious diversity…
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The Population Problem

5 Nov 2013
  Long-time population maven Paul Ehrlich just published a post called Overpopulation and the Collapse of Civilization  on the blog for the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB). "Food…
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A Beautiful Action

9 Aug 2013
I spent last Saturday in Richmond, California with a couple thousand amazing people, including Bill McKibben, who had this to say: ... daily life was interrupted dramatically one year ago today…
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CARNADA RELAUNCHED

20 Jun 201320 Jun 2013
The Kitchen Curmudgeon turns her sharp wit to some of the media's "trolling points" in their coverage of whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations regarding the growing surveillance state.
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Rally in Richmond CA August 3rd

19 Jun 201319 Jun 2013
Mobilize: The Next BIG Rally [in the SF Bay Area] Plan, Fund and Spread the Word (Save the Date) Saturday, August 3 [Richmond, CA]  Remember the Richmond Chevron refinery fire last…

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