Our Relationship with Nature = Conservation
An article released in Current Biology today emphasizes the importance of ecosystems, highlighting that humans’ default relationship with Nature should be one of conservation of […]
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The Smart and Sustainable Way to Ditch the Drought
This short video illustrates the importance of looking at the reality of California’s drought. Household water use accounts for only 4% of California’s water. Our dietary choices can […]
Continue reading »It’s the Animal, Not Human, Population
Via Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, this short and well-narrated video highlights why it’s not the human population, but the factory-farmed animal population that is unsustainable…time […]
Continue reading »Win-wins for Climate Change
NYU Prof. Dale Jamieson’s interview in the New York Times on what is needed for humans to address climate change is excellent, with many important points. […]
Continue reading »Reflections: Good Leadership
Lately I’ve been somewhat peeved about drought management in my beloved home state of California. We’ve been in a drought for four years and you’d […]
Continue reading »In Search of the True Self: Alchemus Prime
In 2014, meditation proved to be the most important activity in my life. Soon enough, I noticed many insights and inspirations arriving during my daily […]
Continue reading »From Cruelty to Compassion
One of the ways I understand and practice ethics (Kantian ethics, for example) is that when we hold a principle, we make no exceptions, because […]
Continue reading »Going to Hell in a Handbasket* or Converging on a Solution?
Inspired by a post on indigenous ethics, I was reflecting today on the sacred connection indigenous peoples share with plants, animals, stars, and planets. What […]
Continue reading »We are the Tech We’ve Been Looking For
Last week I traveled to Urcuqui in Ecuador for the launch of the Innopolis Science and Technology Fair in Yachay City of Knowledge. A wonderfully […]
Continue reading »What is Education Really For?
Education is about what we are doing, not only what we are thinking or what we know. I contend that education is really for the […]
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