Culture Change Thanksgiving Thoughts 2019 23 Nov 2019 We again approach Thanksgiving in the United States, and in keeping with my annual tradition, I'd like to remind you that Friday is Black Friday #BuyNothingDay. On Friday, November 29, 2019,…
Culture Change Thanksgiving Thoughts 2018 20 Nov 201821 Nov 2018 We again approach Thanksgiving in the United States, and in keeping with my annual tradition, I'd like to remind you that Friday is Black Friday Buy Nothing Day (and also to let California readers…
Culture Change Thanksgiving Thoughts 2017 22 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Once again, it is the eve of Thanksgiving in the United States, and in keeping with my annual tradition, I'd like to remind you that Friday is Black Friday Buy Nothing Day (and also…
education… Adventures at AASHE 19 Oct 20173 Nov 2017 Thanks to support from many friends and relatives (and a scholarship from some conference sponsors that covered my registration) I just got back from the American Association for Sustainability in Higher…
disasters… Palm Oil reporting and interactive map 30 Jun 2017 The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) developed SPOTT to report on some of the main drivers of tropical deforestation and habitat loss. They've released transparency scores and assessments of the major palm…
climate… Project Drawdown, Part 1 25 May 201726 May 2017 Tonight I will have the great good fortune to see Paul Hawken speak about Project Drawdown (and especially the newly-released book Drawdown) at one of my favorite places in the world: Bookshop Santa Cruz. …
climate… Earth Day & March for Science 22 Apr 2017 I'm heading to the lovely Santa Cruz March for Science and Earth Day celebration, and wanted to share a song to celebrate that: (You can also see the lyrics to…
education The Education and Sustainability book is in press 26 Feb 2017 In case you've been wondering why you haven't heard much from me lately, for the last few months I've been busy preparing the manuscript that just went to the publisher.…
Culture Change… How do living systems ‘prepare, leverage and bounce back’ from times of crisis? 24 Dec 2016 Rachel Hahs posted some amazing biomimetic analogies and questions for understanding how we respond to our current time of crisis and transformation through a contemplation of how nature expresses resilience…
Culture Change This Year’s Thanksgiving Thoughts 23 Nov 2016 It is the eve of Thanksgiving in the United States, and in keeping with my annual tradition, I'd like to remind you that Friday is Black Friday Buy Nothing Day (and also to let…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 