The Deadly Sin of the Human Species
Humanity as a whole must accept its sin in order to seek to overcome it through mechanisms to stop the imbalance that, as we have seen in previous essays, is the result of industrial civilization…
Society
Wasted Lives
If we accepted this as our single, solitary chance to live, then we might do better at living. We might focus on life, on the here and now, on being.
Dangerous roads are no accident
If you watch network television you can see auto companies spending a lot of money making our roads more dangerous.
The Ignorance of Wealth
Powerful and wealthy people are just not smart enough to make these changes.
Luckily, there are plenty of smart people out there doing what needs to be done. We just need to look to them.
Hazel Henderson – rest in the Universe
Hazel Henderson, wonder woman of green, science-based investing, the love economy, and the golden rule society, went virtual (her term for died) on May 22, 2022, at home, and very much at peace.
To ‘level up’, the UK needs a real jubilee: a mass write-off of debts
If we really want communities to come together and unite, we need to cancel the debts that weigh so heavily on the very poorest.
Now – wouldn’t that be a good excuse for a street party?
From Tiny Acorns: celebrating 21 years of the Kinsale permaculture course
The idea of a permaculture course that might go on to change the world would have seemed a completely absurd idea that June day in John Thuellier’s office. But as Naomi Klein says, “there are no non-radical solutions left”.
“The Limits to Growth” after 50 years: More relevant than ever
“The Limits to Growth” was a study of the future of the global economy. Its basic message was that growth could not continue to go on forever on a finite planet.
Dr. Stephan Harding on Gaia Alchemy and the Animate Earth
If Earth is indeed Gaia, and we humans are a living part of Gaia, then maybe the living biosphere has something to say to us.
The supply chain crisis: Transitory or systemic?
Five decades should have been enough for us to find the path to prosperity without growth. Apparently, we didn’t take the lesson to heart.
Give Back Stolen Land
Viewed from the perspective of history, Treuer notes laceratingly, America’s national parks are a crime scene.
Democracy Rising 20: Deliberative Dialogue as Service Learning
Through deliberative pedagogy, students are prepared to participate in solving problems important to them and their communities.
