I wasn’t able to deal with healthcare as much in my SL text, so now seems a good time. We ALL want to be healthy, and with our modern medicine you would think that we should have no health issues of consequence, especially when compared to previous times in human Read more…
At age 16, when I questioned an ordained cleric on religious doctrines I was told that I should simply accept the beliefs without question. But I could not reconcile what they expected me to believe from the Bible with what I was actually reading. That began a lifelong review of Read more…
Knowledge is a process, not an answer. When you know HOW to think, you are empowered beyond those who only know WHAT to think (Neil DeGrasse Tyson). A mind that takes in every scrap of garbage tossed at it is like an open mouth takes in flies, mosquitoes, and other Read more…
Apparently to leave a comment you first need to register your name and email – this prevents much spam and bots accessing the site. If I could do a Vulcan mind-meld and drop all the information into your minds, I could get on with more discussion of things that need Read more…
John commented: “SL is a very difficult but essential challenge and means lots of different things to folk and organisations. It is amazing how many corporates use the word ‘sustainable’ in their mission statements and this often forms part of their marketing message without any substance. Then there is sustainable Read more…
Let’s begin today’s blog with some definitions to make a long, complicated story simple. WEALTH – a large amount of something good Cambridge Dictionary ‘Wealth’ comes from the old English ‘weal’, which means ‘wealth, welfare, and wellbeing’. Weal is in turn related from common word roots to the older word Read more…
Bill gives a great comment to start. My SL definition doesn’t give an answer to how to get there. True – it’s more of a vision statement. One huge assumption of my definition is that we will actually choose this kind of future. And why might we do that? As Read more…
As my first blog post, I will present my simple definition of sustainability as: Living within the limits of nature’s ecosystem services. And to live together in communities that are equitable, regenerative, resilient and adaptive. That opens up a lot of questions before we start and I intend to get there as the Read more…