Communnity
Urban Farming?
I’m busy ice-climbing this week enjoying the beauty of the mountains of Colorado! More regular posts once I get back from playing. I live comfortably in a house much to big for my needs, although it is one of the Read more
Beliefs
Education and Steady State?
At this point I may have some divergence from many of my colleagues on what constitutes education for a sustainable world. We train teachers to set up specific curricula with specific goals and objectives – lesson plans. While I don’t Read more
Communnity
Steady State Systems
Is there a model system we can explore that can show us how a Steady State System works successfully over long periods of time? Yes, and it is called the Natural world. The currency of this system is energy and Read more
Beliefs
The Exponential Function
Some Left brain stuff today. The late Professor Al Bartlett at University of Colorado-Boulder spent many years doing public talks about the concept of growth and sustainability in connection with modern economic business thinking and planning. A lot hinges on Read more
Beliefs
Energy options
In the late 1970s I recall watching a BBC science show that showed at least four main different hydrogen fuel options. The researchers were all from the big engineering universities like MIT, CALTECH, and Oxford, so we’re not talking garage Read more
Beliefs
The Hierarchy 2 – Waiting for Superman.
“Remember, everything is right until it’s wrong. You’ll know when it’s wrong” Ernest Hemingway. In the film ‘The Matrix’ The hero Neo takes the red pill and awakens from his illusion of the consumer lifestyle to find himself in a Read more
Beliefs
The Hierarchy 1
“People will listen when they’re ready to listen and not before. Don’t waste time with people who want to argue. They’ll keep you immobilized forever. Look for people who are already open to something new.” Daniel Quinn. What we experience Read more
Beliefs
Health – Stress/Lifestyle 1
I have briefly stated it in previous posts, and I have a whole chapter in my SL text about Happiness. In economic posts I mention that what we really value and want is not what we measure. In a class Read more
Beliefs
Skepticism
I don’t pretend to be a top philosopher, but I listen (and read articles and blogs) to people who claim to be skeptics, but then I look at what they are really saying. What most are saying is that they Read more
Beliefs
Health – Food 3
As I have been trying to emphasize, healthy food makes healthy humans. Michael Pollan says that when you walk into a modern store, you should avoid the center isles that carry all the processed and dangerous crap (I use that Read more
Communnity
Relocalization and Community
As an introduction to what we can do to ensure clean and healthy food (in next post), I would like to ask a simple question: How long does it take for a food crisis to occur? While I have had Read more
Beliefs
Health – Food 2
I saw a great quote yesterday – “The elite create myths in order to debunk myths they don’t like” – could have been something straight out of writer Eco Umberto’s ‘Foucaults Pendulum.’ An anecdote I have seen attributed to several Read more
Beliefs
Health – Food 1
Before we begin, a personal email from a friend (would be great if readers could leave comments on the blog for all to see), says that I am beginning to sound a lot like a conspiracy theorist. Interesting. Remember that Read more
Beliefs
Health – Sickcare 2
Obviously before modern medicine, people were still dying in droves of relatively minor things like infections and undefined ailments. The point I am making is that medicine and pharmaceutics insist that there is only ONE WAY to treat medical problems. Read more
Beliefs
Health – Sickcare
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 Read more
Beliefs
Different Truths
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 Read more
Beliefs
knowledge, Beliefs, Definitions
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 Read more
Control
How the control happens 2
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 Read more
Control
How the Control happens
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 Read more
Definition
Economics and Well-Being 1
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 Read more
Definition
What is Sustainable Living?
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 Read more