I've spent the last several days in rural Ecuador. I consulted with my hostess regarding her homestead, delivered a presentation, and facilitated a grief-recovery workshop. Embedded below is the introductory portion of the workshop, with the presentation to follow in…
by Ray Jason at The Sea Gypsy Philosopher It was a self-imposed exile. My initial diagnosis was “world weariness,” but after a few days of solitude on the Rio Chagres, it became clear to me that my true ailment…
by Godofredo Aravena If disaster is in the near horizon, my first question is: Are the survivalists going to replicate the same system that took all of us to the disaster? It is quite clear to me that if the…
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. People around you feel it, though. It's the same when you're stupid. My promotion of a gift economy seems stupid because it doesn't involve the pursuit of money. As a result, I…
by Alton C. Thompson And the winner is . . . “one against”! According to Juan Cole, there are at least “5 Reasons Solar Energy Will Save the World.” This article heading appears under the heading: Since…
by Alton C. Thompson Global warming dwarfs—by far!—all other problems that we Americans—we humans, in fact—face today. Yet one would never guess this by conversing with others, reading a newspaper, watching television, etc. If anything, in fact, one is more likely…
My homage to Michael C. Ruppert is embedded below. In the video, shot by Pauline Schneider, I kick off a presentation sponsored by Deep Green Resistance New York by reading a poem Mike sent me shortly before he died. Support…