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It’s a democracy problem
They billed it as the best education dollars I would ever spend, and having spent a lot of education dollars in my time, I now agree. What was it? The Democracy School in town a few weeks ago, otherwise known as … Continue reading
Why I support Occupy Wall Street
In a word: health. The health of the planet. Put simply, a huge gap between the fabulously wealthy and everyone else is bad for the planet. Why? Because such a system is wasteful and costly. It’s wasteful because it allows … Continue reading
Posted in nature, politics
Tagged attitudes toward nature, climate change, ecological economics, economics, global warming, inequality, sustainability
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David Orr on confronting climate collapse
Note from Priscilla: We don’t need “happy talk” about the climate, says environmental studies professor David Orr. Everyone from political leaders to next-door neighbors needs to break the climate silence and tell the truth about what is happening with the … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, David Orr, global warming
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Breaking the climate silence
We know it’s getting worse; we’re not climate deniers. We’re well informed and aware of the facts. And yet we go about our lives as if nothing has changed. We live the same way we lived five years ago, before … Continue reading
Posted in nature, politics, spirituality
Tagged climate change, climate denial, climate silence, climate support group, Gary Snyder, global warming
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The genius of the grass
Note from Priscilla: I am delighted to welcome guest blogger Julene Bair, whose essays on connecting with the prairie lands of her birth caught my attention for bringing heart and soul to the problems of the disappearing family farm and … Continue reading
Valuing the spaceship we’ve got
In a lecture I attended last night, Daniel Lerch, editor of the immensely informative Post Carbon Reader, opened with that iconic picture of Earth shot from Apollo 8 as it circled the moon at Christmastime 1968: No doubt inspired (again) … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, dreams, global warming, reciprocity, space travel, sustainability
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COP16 saves UN process–at what cost?
COP16 in Cancún ended recently with agreements signed by all but one of the 194 nations. The UN-sponsored negotiating process moves forward, but at what cost? The facts about the Cancún accord: It calls for deep cuts in carbon emissions … Continue reading