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What do we do with the energy?
Arthur Noll As oil runs out we have to think more careful about alternative forms of energy. It is important to think about what we do with the energy. Recently, […]
Continue readingToward a Sustainable Society
Arthur Noll Sustainability is a matter of not taking resources faster than they renew. You cannot cut trees faster than they grow, or net fish, or burn fossil fuels. You […]
Continue readingA Story about Partnership
Arthur Noll A person riding a donkey illustrates partnership, very well. The donkey has excellent senses, and has instinct to listen to those senses. The donkey doesn’t suffer fools who […]
Continue readingPrinciples of Harmony
Arthur Noll Harmony 1. People are interdependent to the point that we die without each other. We all have the naked body to test this observation. 2. Since we must […]
Continue readingOrder or Disorder?
Arthur Noll On the Energy Resources Yahoo Group, David Delaney wrote: Using energy does not make the used energy disappear, but reduces its capacity to support further use. When we […]
Continue readingWhat Can Be Done?
Arthur Noll As someone with no power except my voice, I am aware that our human society must change and change radically if we are to survive. It is from […]
Continue readingWho Is My Family?
Arthur Noll My message is that we must live in harmony with each other and with the earth. In my vision of the future, there is a combination of the […]
Continue readingWhy Money and Markets are Obsolete
Arthur Noll Money and markets do have fundamental flaws that are at the root of societal problems. Markets are good at measuring the scarcity of things. If things are abundant, […]
Continue readingThe Failure of the Pilgrim Experiment—another look
Arthur Noll In an earlier article, the Pilgrim and Jamestown experience that led to our American Thanksgiving holiday was discussed. In part, it was said and I quote: The history of […]
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