In the last post I quoted a passage by Bennett Sherry of the OER Project. Go back and reread that passage. Despite numerous efforts to force international agreements on human rights, none have worked. Now ask yourself why? I don’t think it is a problem of the human collective. No, Read more…
I am always being asked how we resolve our planetary problems so that we can live sustainably. Initially, I said the same old things that you can get from any environmental group – things like green energy, the three R’s, organic farming, etc. I knew that it would require much Read more…
I have talked about Intentional community before (e.g., New Ways of Living Together 2 – Intentional Communities {October 2018}) as a new way of living. It’s literally an intention to rebuild community, and that’s what ‘Intentional Communities’ are all about – living with cooperative intention instead of just living with Read more…
Most people do not associate food with their sovereignty, but it is one of the most crucial freedoms we have. For most people it is a simple process of going to the grocery store, but stop and think about the process that controls the food you find on the shelves. Read more…
I am but a single drop in a limitless ocean, but what is an ocean but a multitude of drops? David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas One of the consequences of this global lockdown is the growing awareness of how connected we all are. Many of you will have heard of the Six Read more…
When I was still teaching about sustainability, I sometimes used the simulation program Sim City. The first time I used this program was back in the early 1990s. (SimCity is a city-building and urban planning simulation game.) What becomes clear from doing this kind of simulation is that there are Read more…
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. @science & metaphysics When I talk of community it is more than a group pf people living and working together, it is, as I have said before, meant to Read more…
In my Sustainable Living (SL) Text, I overview a few locations where the people are living in a new way of cooperative and localized living. It is really about rebuilding community, and that’s what ‘Intentional Communities’ are all about – living with cooperative intention instead of just living with people Read more…