https://www.wsj.com/articles/extreme-economies-review-lets-make-a-deal-11585608850 William Easterly’s Wall Street Journal review indicates that this is a good and informative book! All players in Nature’s Economy and its sub-set, the human economy, including individuals, demes, populations and ecological community complexes of other species need to be listened to toward “appropriate” dynamic homeostatic symbioses. The powerful human component including domesticated species […]
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Bio and Curriculum Vitae of paul bain martin
Paul Martin (BS/MS-Texas A&M Univ., Ph.D.-Univ. Florida) was raised with 5 younger siblings (and worked with farmworker labor crews) during the drought of the 1950s on a very small south Texas (hog) farm near Devine, Texasa farm which always possessed a large garden, fruit trees, chickens and a milk cow. While in Florida during the […]
Mexican-Americans: Texan Environmentalists & Attitudes Today (Panel Discussion. Siempre Sustainable Network Meeting, December 2011)
(Dec 12th, 2011 Siempre Sustainable Network meeting, 6 pm-ca.9 pm, Mosaic Community Church, 1201 W. Court Street, Seguin 78155) First of all, the idea for tonight, I think, is not to have an academic discussion—or any discussion—of whether Mexican-Americans were the first Texan environmentalists. And we’re not here, I think, to argue about if Native-Americans—and […]
Presentations at Siempre Sustainable Network Meetings (Circa 2010-2012)
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 […]
Siempre Sustainable Network: Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Written Reports (2007, 2008)
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 OHara, Clara Beatriz Pascar, Jack Sample, […]
Siempre Sustainable Network: First Written Report (2007)
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 […]
Ecologically-Sound Education
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 […]
St. Louise Katherine (Kneuper) Martin
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 […]
Ranting Inarticulate Voice in the Wilderness
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 […]