by Geoff Pearce A few years ago, there was a television program called, "Crude: The Incredible Journey of Oil" that captured my attention. After watching, I thought back to my late teens in the early 70's when the energy crisis…
With thanks to filmmaker Pauline Schneider, I've embedded below a 1-minute trailer and slightly outdated 43-minute film. Please tease your friends with the trailer and then organize a viewing of the longer film. I'll be available for Q&A via Skype…
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…