Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
We are currently in a deep and horrible disaster, being visited on the world’s poorest and the tentacles are gradually crawling up the anchor to take down the rest of the ship. But I also think that there is a good deal of reason for hope – we have vast capacities, vast resources and vast imagination.
As the energy crisis explodes on the rest of us, I’d like to advocate for mercy for those who don’t yet fully understand. … sympathy and kindness are not small things to be rationed out by droppers, only to those perfectly deserving – they should be ladled out and poured from buckets and flow out of us like rivers. Any scarcity of kindness is artificial – and far too many things are growing scarce for us to have artificial shortages of generosity.
At first I felt this book wasn’t enough for what is needed. Then reality straightened me out.
If you aren’t feeling some degree of apprehension right now, you aren’t reading the news. Here are some of my thoughts for turning that emotional energy into constructive action. (Author is a clinical psychologist.)
Who will be the leaders who will carry us kicking and screaming towards the sustainable way of life that we should have been leading all along?
Homeowners who seriously seek to provide some of their own food, and perhaps some of their clothing, tools, and shelter too, must first learn to view their enterprises within the proper economic framework, or perhaps I should say the proper noneconomic framework.
Conservationist pins hopes on clotheslines
Urban farmers living off land
What you can do about PO and petrol prices
Cleveland
task force to address future of fuel
The Post-Materialist: Design’s past, future
How to live with just 100 things
One approach to sustainability: Work less
Social crisis in Detroit
One question: How are gas prices affecting you?
Vermont Lt. Gov. Dubie declared an emergency in advance of this winter’s heating season.
Daniel Lerch: PO challenges for local governments
How NYC’s congestion pricing plan crashed
Speech by Philadelphia Mayor Nutter inspires city planners
Kunstler on NPR
Sisters on the planet: women hit hardest by climate change
Oceans warm more quickly than suspected
As beaches creep in, ownership disputes erupt
Can religion help prevent eco-catastrophe? Orthodox Church leader thinks so
Why I love diggers and earthmovers
The geography of green consumerism
Where we ought to be: revisiting Total Loss Farm
Bellingham energy task force seeks volunteers
Putting Meat Back in Its Place
Seattle: Urban folks find farming a tough row to hoe
Brooklyn’s hopeful gardeners
