I am saddened to write this short comment on this particular day. But it emphasizes how unwilling, or incapable, humanity seems to be when it comes to living within the capacity of the planet to support us. The world is… Read More »Getting Real for Earth Day – Addendum
On April 22nd 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated across the United States as students and mentors in schools and universities across the country participated in teach-ins and demonstrations about the environmental crisis. Some 20 million Americans participated in… Read More »Getting Real for Earth Day
It was Christmas 1994. Some 10 members of my family were gathered at our New Hampshire home. And I offered to get a movie from the video store (remember those) as entertainment the day after Christmas. I brought home Ran,… Read More »What is reality, really?
Part the sixth, being from Tuesday 5th to Friday 8th December (If you want to start at the beginning, CLICK HERE) So, on Sunday 3rd December, after exploring the beach at Wilson’s Headland, which is almost exactly at the mid-point… Read More »Searching for My Perfect Beach, Finale
Part the Fourth of My Never-ending Story: GPS, Driving, Nelson Bay and Corlette. (If you want to begin at the beginning, CLICK HERE) Tuesday dawned sunny. I awoke refreshed, had my breakfast, packed, ordered the Uber, and checked out of… Read More »Searching for My Perfect Beach, Part Two
Part One – Why This Quest, and Why Now? What should people who care be doing as we enter 2024? Maybe we should get people to calmly admit that we are in an end-game? But first we need to get… Read More »Searching for My Perfect Beach
I’ve been blogging here from time to time over more than a decade. The focus has changed over the years, but mostly I have been discussing recent events dealing with the environmental crisis. This focus was part of my belief… Read More »It’s 2024 and This Blog is Going to Change
I’ve recently returned from a small conference in Mexico. It concerned the state of the coastal ocean. I listened to the same discussions of the same problems that have featured at such conferences for decades. We are overfishing. Our coastal… Read More »Wildfires in Canada, The Complexity of the Mess We Make
April 22nd 2023. The fifty-third Earth Day. A day when, hopefully, we all pause and reflect on what we have been doing to our home. A day when, hopefully, at least some of us become inspired to do better, to… Read More »How Do We Plan For an Orderly Collapse of Human Civilization?