In my last post I talked about the need for a positive mind frame to create a sense of well-being. While mindset is one of the factors for a healthy life, there are many others. As I have been travelling recently I was surprised at how difficult it is in Read more…
Whenever I talk about the farming system, many people disempower themselves with disclaimers like “I can’t afford healthy food” or “It’s hard to find healthy food.” Talk about an external Locus of Control (see prior post – How people think about the future 1). This seems true of most situations, Read more…
An obvious, yet poignant question I used to ask my students to get them thinking – “What does the term Sustainable Agriculture imply about modern industrial agriculture?” I am always amazed how so many people talk about sustainability but still practice unsustainability as something that is commonplace and acceptable. As Read more…
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare BioDiversity is known to be a complete interaction of all the species in an ecosystem. Modern science accepts that an ecosystem is a complete and interactive and dynamic collection of species (from the micro to especially the micro levels, which we Read more…
“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the ad handle because it was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.” Anon There seem to be three main areas of geoengineering: 1) modern accepted techniques – Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide Removal Read more…
I have read several times now from different sources, “who thought it was a good idea to put poison on our food and think it would have no consequences?” Two of the largest chemical companies (Bayer and Monsanto) in the world have been given the go ahead from the US Read more…
A caring, sharing, collaborative world “Our civilized culture is failing us. And to change things we have to start with our children, showing them the importance of love and kindness, of faith and hope, of compassion and non-violence, treating each other with dignity and respect, not as bodies to be Read more…
I was clearing out boxes of books I had brought back home from my academic office after I retired and came across ‘The Mis-measure of Man’ by Stephen Jay Gould. In this book Gould lays out the rationale and justification for how scientists used ‘good’ science to ‘prove’ that intellect Read more…
Business, just like money, is a tool that can be helpful or otherwise. The reason it holds so much power over us is because it gives us luxuries and comforts that most of us find desirable. The level to which these desires have become addictive, however, is a product of Read more…
As an older person, I have seen technology come from the analog radio, television, and corded land-line telephone to the digital wonders we have today. One of the most intriguing for me is the loss of printed word to the internet revolution. We now all have at our fingertips nearly Read more…
So how is the business world moving forward with all of this sustainability stuff. To read the mainstream news and publications would suggest it is well on its way. The reality? The main driving force seems to be the business worlds perception of how the customers view sustainability. It is Read more…
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 inventors. The different options were clearly discussed and demonstrated on Read more…