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Introduction to “Living in the Future’s Past” Earth Day 2019, Public Library, Seguin, Texas No voté por esta biblioteca. Queria dos … menores. But I do appreciate it In numerous ways. … Books, the cellulosic (or—now–electronic) elixir of life. Informative presentations. Its beauty. Its wonderful people. Challenging educational activities … For the novices, For the […]

The tribes, bubbles, and cliques in which we live and the walls of isolation we work hard to construct and maintain (oftentimes unknowingly) prevent communication and hinder development of empathy, respect, and solidarity.1 It is comfortable to hob-nob in the familiarity of: English (as a language, culture, tribe, or nation), shooting trophy bucks or catching […]

https://hightowerlowdown.org/ In hopes of securing my former boss and a colleague from Jim Hightower’s Texas Department of Agriculture for a panel discussion of local water quality issues, regulation, and enforcement here in the Guadalupe County area, in Mass one recent Sunday I began to think about how I first knew about Jim Hightower, and what […]

I don’t adhere to norms, i.e., I’m not normal, … but that does not equal being bad or wrong: • I strongly believe in living in solidarity through low-input lifestyles because there are natural resource- and free available energy-limits … and that the whole is the sum of its parts; therefore, dynamic homeostatic symbioses is […]

(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 […]

THE ESSENCE. Per Merriam-Webster (MW), a job is “a regular remunerative [financially rewarding] position”. It is an integral component of a machine-like transformation and exploitation of the natural which involves arrogance and narcissism at various levels, and is fruition of the artificial and often unjust, inhumane, and ecological insane art of deal-making. It is involved […]