Monthly Archives: January 2019

(Pavel Martinka’s draft of an essay written after his 2006 visit to Cuba: Stories for his children and theirs—and for others who might significantly help to change the world in which they live) Major Impressions A Model for Realizing Sustainable Community?? Cubans are living a very low input life-style that is peaceful and relatively crime […]

(Thoughts generated during & from a weekend of philosophy & ecology in Houston, attendance of a service at an evangelical/charismatic church, breakfast & lunch with dear family, and books and articles around me— http://news.rice.edu/2019/01/28/a-full-night-of-philosophy-and-ideas-fills-the-moody-center/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Laurie-Anderson-and-Timothy-Morton-headline-A-13551393.php http://frenchculture.org/events/9266-nocturnal-intellectual-marathons-across-us https://bayoucityfellowship.com/ ) Philosophy—The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic […]

The overall goal in life is healthy individuals / demes / populations / community / ecosystems /ecosphere, involving sense of place and community … and appropriate spirituality. The process should be developed cautiously on a foundation of (ecological) education* including being informed by (ecological) history*. Actions in leisure & recreation and arts & culture, including […]

I appreciate young Benjamin Austin’s contribution to the Wall Street Journal from Friday, March 3, 2017 … about a need for an education in economics, in the more conventional sense, in high schools ( https://www.wsj.com/articles/economics-shouldnt-be-an-elective-1488498856 ). However, the gigantic hole in human societies which is threatening much of life on Eaarth in the anthropocene, including […]