Take a simple idea – you’re going to get a haircut. Simple, common, everyday idea. Most, maybe not all, but most go outside to someone who performs this function professionally, and we pay them, and they take a mirror when…
Hey, I mean well, but truthfully, I am busy – making a living, keeping a little hobby going so I don’t go mad while I’m looking for a reliable relationship. I barely have time to read a book, or spend time…
Living sustainably – changing light bulbs, appliances, car, lowering and raising the thermostat, buying locally, taking mass transit (and of course, it’s going to take more than this). Survival – having a place to live, food to eat, water…
Consider for a moment, the phrase, “Think globally, act locally,” and also those (multinational) masses who currently suffer in wars, floods, fires, disease, starvation, etc. Also, consider, or imagine, a privileged lifestyle, my own for example – middle class New York…
George Carlin. Man of many words, and I will not speak to any of them, but I will borrow this quote, and add it to a Billy Joel song, “Angry Young Man.” For me, it raises the question of, why am…
I confess, this goofy looking guy is me holding the door open at the 2010 Clearwater Festival, while a very good natured friend snapped the pic, and those waiting to get in thought god knows what. As global warming, honey…
When I was a young kid I remember playing a kind of game with my friends. We didn’t have a name for it, but it could have been called, “Pushed to the Limits.” It’s not as serious as it…
British politics is dirty and noisy since who knows when. That’s the Brits history, and that’s their problem. The problem with US dirty politics is that it: 1. Drives up costs for candidates. 2. Has the potential to drive away…
I just finished listening to a radio interview with an “expert” in terrorism talking about the (failed) Times Square bombing and it left me mumbling very ungentlemanly epithets at the radio. And it’s not because I think I know more…
In a wonderful article published, March 10, 2010, in The Nation, Steven Hill lays out the benefits and history of “Europe’s Answer to Wall Street.” After a brief nod to cooperatives, Hill delivers an insightful presentation of co-determination, which I…
This is a video we found that offers a view of wind farms not readily seen. And even though it is not a personal account, and it does come from a company, we think it is commercial free enough and…
I realize this question seems a tease. But regardless what expectations may lead us to believe, the Internet as we know it is barely 30 years old. And though you can’t see it, it is a monster to maintain, both…
The New Public Library Proposal overview The post-industrial age public library had an inspired calling – make books available to the working class. The coming of the information age introduced computers and video tapes to these libraries, and now the…
Stainless steel water bottle, solar recharging path light, hand and solar powered radio, bookcase from sustainably harvested trees, non-toxic paint and stain, biodegradable laundry detergent, compost bin, florescent light, recycled paper, shopping bag made from recycled fabric – – all of…
I used to think an open global economy was not such a bad idea – cheaper goods, and people who had fewer work opportunities, at least had work. And workers’ rights issues would work themselves out, hopefully. Anyway that’s one way…
Saving for some, cost increase for others. But simple. Require an easy-to-obtain physician’s prescription (infinitely renewable) in order to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products. Require all tobacco product sales outlets to sell only to prescription holders. Adjust prescription holders’ health…
Like fish? Like filet of Sole? Know what that is? And where it comes from? A good resource for fish information is the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and they state the following: “Some Atlantic flounder species are sold as sole; however, “true”…
“A Friend Of The Earth” by T.C.Boyle Futuristic funny, fantasy, realistic, amusing, and a little scary. Great writing. From the jacket: “It is the year 2025. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed and most mammals — not…
No one really knows how and when these things will affect us, but, major events are on the horizon: peak oil, global warming, national debt, population growth, resource collapse (and as if we needed more – pandemics, nuclear proliferation, terrorism).…
