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Presentation in Encinitas, California

The video embedded below was shot, edited, and uploaded by Dwain Deets, with my thanks. It is based on the first 42 minutes of a presentation and subsequent discussion in Encinitas, California on 17 May 2016. Additional video has been…

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Presentation in Chico, California

The presentation embedded below was recorded and edited by Marc Haneburght, with my thanks. It is based on a presentation delivered 3 May 2016. Q & A from this presentation was posted earlier in this space.

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Arts and Minds

I'm copying below, verbatim, an essay I posted 3 May 2012. I've added a few introductory words and an embedded song. “The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that…

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A Man and His Work

"In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order…

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Philosophy and Conservation Biology

I'm re-posting below an essay, verbatim, from 26 August 2007. Consistent with my usual recent pattern, I'm adding a few introductory words and an embedded song. This sweet virginal primitive land will metaphorically breathe a sigh of relief -- like…

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The Arrogance of Humanism

"Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society." ~ John Ralston Saul   The Arrogance of Humanism (1978) was written by conservation biologist David W. Ehrenfeld.…

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