Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.
So I just ran across the new media campaign by Conservation International, called Nature is Speaking. I have to say, it is very slick, and a nice change of pace from the usual...
political ecology
Thinking About Climate Politics with Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry wrote the following passage concerning universities and the problem of our modern industrialist worldview. “I mention economics, jurisprudence, and religion because these are among the subjects that are taught in our...
The Lost World of Fish
So I stumbled upon this really fascinating set of articles about fish recently, from very different angles. One is from an abandoned shopping mall in Bangkok (pictured here), which has turned effectively into...
People’s Climate March – Youth Organizing Report (Updated)
(Updates added 7/7) Hopefully people are starting to hear about the plans for the largest climate mobilization in US history, which will take place the week of September 21-28, 2014 here in New...
California Drought Pushing West Coast to the Brink
Things just keep heating up in Cali, with no relief in sight. And as things get hotter, the fires grow bigger while the water starts to disappear. And this is just the start...
The Roots of Our Food
So this post began as a dinner experiment. Looking through my refrigerator, I decided I wanted to make a meal centered around root vegetables, since I had a variety sitting around–Idaho and Asian...
