Culture Change… Keep your paint off my magic mirror! 6 Apr 20136 Apr 2013 Alex Steffen, leading Worldchanger, had the following post (28 March 2013): Dark Gray Paint If you want to try to change the world, you will inevitably encounter the guy with…
disasters… Emergency: Planned destruction of 1.2 Million hectares of forest in Sumatra 13 Mar 201313 Mar 2013 From Sumatran Orangutan Society Newsletter Emergency: Planned destruction of 1.2 Million hectares of forest in Sumatra The Governor of Aceh province in Sumatra is set to wipe 1.2 million hectares…
disasters… 19 Dec 201219 Dec 2012 Taking to the streets over Cargill's participation in palm oil: who are these audacious primates?
education… Thinking ‘Bout Democracy 6 Nov 20126 Nov 2012 As I prepare to vote (YES ON 30/NO ON 32!) I found a few things that warrant sharing: 1. No More Stolen Elections! - pledge to join protesters tomorrow if…
disasters… Joss vs. Zomney 30 Oct 2012 Ah, Joss... so brilliant. Enjoy! Paid for by the committee to learn parkour like, really soon, like maybe take a class or something.
Culture Change… Getting sensible about transportation options 7 Oct 20127 Oct 2012 In Santa Cruz county, we're starting to have some conversations about transit and land use. A few interesting thoughts along those lines: City-builders across the globe understand the relative cheapness of…
climate… Climate Emergency Petition 6 Sep 20126 Sep 2012 The Climate Emergency Petition calls on the presidential candidates of the two largest political parties in the USA to publicly acknowledge the climate emergency and commit to hosting a summit within their first…
disasters… The latest orangutan crises… 7 Aug 20128 Aug 2012 There are so many other crises unfolding that I am processing and hope to speak to soon, but meanwhile there are two bits of news on the Pongo conservation front that I…
Culture Change… 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…
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…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 