Fourteen Low-Tech Ways to Stay Healthy (Besides Handwashing)
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings
Health is not just an absence of illness. At the very least health includes a well-functioning immune system, our bodies’ first defense against pathogens that cause disease. This includes COVID-19, the coronavirus.
The Habits of Unhappy People (and What You Can Do About Them)
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings
Some habits make us unhappy. Others reveal unhappiness. Some do both. A healthy society strives to nurture the well-being of its members, because secure, stable people who find satisfaction in life can work together, innovate, adapt to change, and problem-solve effectively. A country full of miserable, angry people who spend their time blotting out their pain or lashing out at others can cope with almost nothing.
Why Don’t You Have an Electric Bike Already?
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings
If you’re already making most of your daily trips by bike or on foot, you don’t need to read further. An electric bike is unlikely to improve your life. For everyone else, read on!
A Good Problem to Have
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings blog
California has four basic challenges to resolve on its journey to using solely renewables + large hydro to power its electric grid.
The Lessons of the Great Beaufort Skedaddle
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings
On the 157th anniversary of the Great Beaufort Skedaddle, it's worth remembering that sometimes doubling down on one's way of life brings about catastrophe from which there is no recovery.
Come Plog With Me. (Yes, Litter Matters. A Lot.)
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings
I encourage you to join me in plogging or plalking. First off, plogging and plalking is good for you! I’ve written many times before about the benefits of walking and walkable neighborhoods.
10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings blog
Health. Energy. Climate. Crime. Education. Happiness. Water. Housing. What if it were possible to make headway on all these issues with simple changes to our neighborhoods?
Gasoline–Such a Big Bang for the Buck
By Karen Lynn Allen, Musings
Are you a fan of beheadings? Are you fond of autocratic regimes? Do you want to help those kooky, lovable Koch brothers purchase another member of Congress? Do you yearn to support Saudi Arabia, Iran, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin, but it seems so difficult to give them direct, individual donations? Lucky for you, there’s an easy answer! Just buy gasoline!