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The cost of affluence
In a letter to Ernest de Chabrol dated 9 June 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote: “As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring it?” Nearly [...]
Continue reading...are we evil?
24. March 2012
by the virgin terry since writing the essay below a few days ago, i’ve been thinking a lot about the effect it may have on sheople like dr. house, whose beloved father was a christian minister. i don’t mind alienating some sheople with what i have to say, but i do mind alienating more than [...]
Continue reading...Words to give by
10. March 2012
I’m fussy about the words I use. Words matter, after all. For example, anarchy is not chaos, though you’d never be able to distinguish the two based on anything presented by the mainstream media. As a further example, I’m averse to any form of the word “sustain” because we don’t and we can’t. I’ve distinguished [...]
Continue reading...TEDx talks in Tempe, Arizona
2. March 2012
I presented a TEDx talk on the campus of Arizona State University on Wednesday, 25 January 2012. The Barrett Honors College hosted, and Ashley Irvin was the facilitator. Michael Sliwa spoke before me and, as is customary for TED talks, a couple short video clips were included. All clips are presented below in the same [...]
Continue reading...Supporting Mike Sosebee’s film
26. February 2012
For details about how to support Mike Sosebee’s film, Somewhere in New Mexico Before the End of Time, click here. The film will feature my favorite subject: me. Mike Sosebee is an independent filmmaker who hopes to break even on this film. As he says, the film is a failure if it nets money in [...]
Continue reading...The myth of sustainability
21. February 2012
I’m couchsurfing Michigan and somebody posted one of my 15 presentations (so far) on YouTube. It’s an updated version of my September 2011 presentation in Middleville, Michigan and I’m presenting here without further comment. ___________ A few recent interviews associated with my tour of Michigan are posted below: Walking away from empire, Kristine Morris for [...]
Continue reading...A rewilding community toolbox
13. February 2012
by Nikanoru, a 22-year-old, well-informed student of life This essay is available as two pdf documents with graphics: A Rewilding Community Toolbox and A Survival Bag Planning Aid Part I: Introduction & F.A.Q. A. Why did you make this document? This document embodies over a year of off-and-on research, effort, and practice, and cobbles together [...]
Continue reading...From Allendale to Ypsilanti: Speaking in Michigan, 11-22 February 2012
10. February 2012
I will be couchsurfing with my soapbox in Michigan for the third time in the last few months. Please introduce yourself at one of the following events, and stay tuned to this space as more events are added. First, though, I have a few announcements. Please note the new classified ad, courtesy of Jan Steinman. [...]
Continue reading...Endings and beginnings
7. February 2012
by Robin Datta Endings mark the beginning of a new state, different from the preceding one, just as beginnings indicate the end of a prior state. Each is a discontinuity discerned against a background that is unaffected by the discontinuity. Evolution is a phenomenon whereby multiple, sequential, miniscule discontinuities approximate a continuity. In biological systems, [...]
Continue reading...Toward an economy of Earth
2. February 2012
We need to develop a new economy because the current version is not working. The industrial economy is destroying every aspect of the living planet. And, as it turns out, we need a living planet for our own survival. In this essay, I briefly describe the horrors of the current interconnected, globalized, planet-destroying house of [...]
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30. March 2012
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