Joanne Lauck (Voice of the Infinite) believes “that the microcosm reflects the macrocosm”. We humans create a “hostile world”. We teach prejudice. … Moreover, “there are real reasons why we mistrust and fear insects. Few have much to do with the actual insect. Most involve misperceptions about them and about ourselves, and are tied to […]
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The Second Law: Indoor Vertical Farming and Google
Though he tried–in the clutter of conventional capitalism, commerce, materialism, and consumption; artificially manipulated high-speed electrons and electromagnetic waves (and many, many algorithms); and other aspects of an “invisibley handled”, high-input/-throughput world system– Páv?los had trouble getting the real attention of even family and friends closest to him. Moreover, although David Orr pointed out in […]
Respect
After publication in the Seguin Gazette, the following (with somewhat of a focus on Seguin, Texas) was posted in 2014 on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/paul.b.martin.54/allactivity ) and Banned Books Cafe ( http://bannedbookscafe.blogspot.com/2014/08/respectecological-justice.html ). A version of this is also in our book Games We Play by paul martin ( https://www.kite.pub/sustainability/games-we-play ). I wish I had included a statement […]
Sustainable Community Gardening (in South Central Texas)
Thoughts toward realizing a sustainable community garden: Most important– o Visit other community gardens in the area and in other regions-Learn from others o “Institutionalization”-Make the garden an integral part of a truly sustainable community organization/entity … and over time, make it a part of a dynamic local foodshed/hub o Steering committee-Set up a formal, […]
Sustainability Forum, San Antonio
I was working on a small “paulpeaceparable” to end all paulpeaceparables (Yeah, right!!) for today’s (6/23/15) “Sustainability Forum” at the HBG Convention Center in SA, when our home computer became nonfunctional (Son John Alton is currently reviving it.). Therefore, I haven’t been able to get into the file in which I was working … on […]
Solidarność?*
Solidarno??. Solidaridad. Solidarity. Solidarity. … Solidarity!!! Can we all agree that we want a better world for all–psychologically, socially, ecologically … and unite in some sort of imperfect solidarity toward that end? With Lech Wa??sa, … Pope Francis, Dalai Lama, Jimmy Carter, and Tegla Loroupe. … With family and dear friends, in my case: Elizabeth […]
LITTLE THINGS WE CAN DO TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Eat healthy and exercise regularly. (Truly integrate this into your workday and lifestyle.) Experience the real world—your yard, open fields, farms, ranches, parks—and stay away from TV, computers, cell phones, video games & other electronic gadgetry. Get physically, intellectually & spiritually in touch with Nature, the Land, Community and People (the very young and Elders). […]
It Takes a Village. Therefore … Blame the (Local/Global) Village for Success/Failure!
“Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres” “Entre menos burros, mas elotes” Wawrzyniec* meditated peacefully that Thursday morning in the iconic place of Holy Family, along with 10-20 percent of the population of the village of Nazareth (rural, mostly Catholic German-Americans; population, 309). And then suddenly! … An epiphany!! (Wawrzyniec has many.) Wawrzyniec’s […]
The Second Law of Thermodynamics (It Is in Many Ways the “Most Important” and Should Be “the First”!)
“Gottamnit Leroy!” exclaimed Fritz very irately. “Ju may play goot pitch. But ju’re a tamn disgrace ta da Jerman race!! … I vent down to Haby’s store and bought some of dat Alsatian sausage vit goot coriander for a nickel-a-link. Din I cuuked-tit-up and ate dat link sausage. … Din I pooped tit out, and […]