Archive for the 'philosophy' Category
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Permaculture is a design science. It can be studied, and thus internalized. When done so successfully, our thinking is transformed. The world is a garden, with potentially infinite yields. This is the basis for radical changes in human behavior.
Radicalism is distasteful to the thoughtful amongst us? It is because [...]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
The clock is still ticking, and collapse continues unabated. Most are oblivious to the true nature of the progression, what it means, why it's happening, and most importantly, what we should do about it.
But the answer is simple, and it's right in front of us. It's so simple, [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Albuquerque, Appropriate Technology, Development, Environment, Global Warming, Organic, Politics, philosophy | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
This blog post is a follow-up to Episode #174 of the C-Realm Podcast. For listener's who enjoyed this episode of the C-Realm and would like to find more information and resources on the web, I've included a variety of resources below. Robert Lawlor The interview with Robert Lawlor, an excerpt of which was read by [...]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Anger is an ineffective tool for social transformation. It is useful, but in a limited sense. Anger can rile a population up, and fear can open one’s eyes to a fragile reality. As they increase, anger and fear become counter-productive, destructive. And today American society is governed by anger and fear. [...]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Yesterday I attended a meeting with the Agriculture Collaborative of the Mid-Region Council of Governments, a local organization in the middle Rio Grande valley of New Mexico. The topic was global warming. On hand to present their data were some great scientists from our local community, including climate scientist Dave Gutzler of the University [...]
Posted in Global Warming, philosophy | 4 Comments »