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Siempre Sustainable Network Programs through May 2010 (Mosaic Community Church. 1201 W. Court Street, Seguin, TX 78155) Meetings begin w/ a pot-luck meal @ 6pm w/ a brief business meeting and the program following. June 8*-“Sustainable Recycling” Kass Hernandez, Bexar Waste, Schertz, TX *Prior to this date we had presentations on: “a process of conservation […]

Report from the Fourth Meeting of Siempre Sustainable Network 605 Elm, Seguin, TX 78155 Jan 14, 2007 After a pot-luck dinner, Chair Marvel Maddox called our meeting to order. Other attendees included Gloria and Joe Saenz, Sylvia Manning and Tony Weisman, Gloria Caballero, Nancy Masterson, Roland James and Barbara O’Hara, Clara Beatriz Pascar, Jack Sample, […]

I. Report from the Third Meeting of Siempre Sustainable Network: An Organization of Citizens for Conservation and Sustainability in Watershed(s) 605 Elm, Seguin, TX 78155 Dec 10, 2007 There is much going on in the Seguin/San Antonio Metropolitan area that could be thought of as very appropriately fitting under the umbrella of “conservation and development […]

In his “classic” paper, What Is Education For, David Orr of Oberlin College emphasizes that “no student should graduate from … any … educational institution without a basic comprehension of:” ecological principles, processes and ethics; carrying capacity; least-cost/end-use analysis; appropriate scale and limits of technology,; and how to live well in a place. With this […]

Sweet Devout Catholic … Teacher of Life Skills Toward Building Sustainable Social Fabric … Seamstress, Pig Castrator, Truck Driver … Mentor for Numerous Aggies (Lógicamente, ¡Una de las más queridas de mi vida!) New Braunfels. “Brown rocks which are ‘new’”. Mom Louise came from German town (Though the indigenous ones and Latinos Might beg to […]

I do fully realize that I am but a very, very, very, very insignificant (& inarticulate) voice in the wilderness who is tuned out even by my kids, other close family members, and friends. Nevertheless, … we would be much, much better off as humans and other species in this world–even in these times of […]

[Thoughts on a Long Bicycle Ride. March 24, 2020] Mom lost her Mom at nine years of age. Was it simply population dynamics and symbioses? Did it involve Free Will? Or was it “simply the Lord’s Will”? Let the philosophers and scientists decide. Brother Lawrence— One of the very best— Died way too soon. Was […]

Mom Louise Katherine Kneuper Martin Was never ill! Mom’s mother, Amalia, who was a Meurer (From Fredericksburg … Texas), Fought chronic illness And died at forty-nine … in 1934. Thusly, Mom, who was approaching ten Was forced to sacrifice and tough it out thereafter … • Through various “mom’s”, • Numerous schools— o At St. […]

Toward a Clean Sustainable Seguin [And an imagined conversation of a father (Pablo) and his oldest son (Jeremias) Jan 2007 (pbm)] Enrolada* Depression and Pinchot-wired parents taught us to conserve. 2007 Chosen People-fundamentalist preachers impel us to grab and rule the all that WE MOST CERTAINLY deserve. Humility, frugality used to be preached in the […]