by Godofredo Aravena Seems to me that all efforts to create awareness about climate change will be useless. Any effort to make the average individual understand the problem we are facing today, will be useless. “Limits to growth” is a…

by Mel Strawn The geometry of nature in transit. Whither now? Years of concern and study, discussion, organizing and demonstrating lead me now, October, 2013, to a state of cognitive buzz. The buzz is about our unbelievably complex world-civilization and…

by Scott Erickson, who can be contacted via email at scott-erickson-writer@outlook.com The hardest part about writing satire is trying to write things that are more absurd than what real life comes up with. I’ve heard this from a lot of…

by Gregory Vickrey, a consultant in the environmental and political arenas who may be reached via email at gregory@gregoryvickrey.com Allegro -- Local Failure In 2010, I wrote an article titled, “Environmentalism is Dead,” decrying the ineptitude and/or downright skullduggery of…

by Ray Jason at the Sea Gypsy Philosopher An ordinary sunset was about to turn extraordinary. AVENTURA was resting between voyages -- way down south in the Banana Latitudes. We were anchored in a cove so serene that the birds…

I'm asked to speak very frequently. Sometimes these are simple affairs in a single city with few events. But very often they are multi-city speaking tours with several events. It's overwhelmed my organizational abilities, which were sketchy to begin with.…