Elisabet Sartouris, Ph.D. Our present scientific understanding of Earth’s evolution is far from complete and may be subject to change in even its essential fundamentals, as I will propose after […]
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Conserving Communities
Timothy Wilken Again, I want to thank reader, Oxygon, for introducing me to the writings of Wendell Berry. This morning Professor Berry will explain in his powerful and elegant way that Humanity’s […]
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Elisabet Sartouris, Ph.D. In studying the Earth’s evolution, the most fascinating story I know is that of ancient beings who created an incredibly complex lifestyle, rife with technological successes such […]
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Timothy Wilken A reader, Oxygon, forwarded the following essay by Wendell Berry, who is the author of thirty two books of fiction, poetry. and essays, including Sabbaths; Sex, Economy, Freedom, & […]
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The following article is based on responses to a series of questions posed by the Foundation For the Future. Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. What are the factors that are most critical […]
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Those of us who have realized that we must learn to live new lifestyles that are sustainable could take a lesson from our guest writer today. Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. Sustainable […]
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Carl Sagan Two billion years ago our ancestors were microbes; a half-billion years ago, fish; a hundred million years ago, something like mice; ten million years ago, arboreal apes; and […]
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“When an 18-year-old Palestinian girl is induced to blow herself up and in the process kills a 17-year-old Israeli girl, the future itself is dying” –George W. Bush Timothy Wilken, […]
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Understanding Humanity in Universe
It is my privilege to discuss and explain Arthur Young‘s Theory of Process. His work has had an enormous impact on my understanding of Universe and of our human role in that Universe. “A human being is […]
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This article comes from the Alas Babylon Yahoo Group. Kristian Mandrup Denmark Hardin’s thought experiment (see the Theoretic Nature of the Tragedy of the Commons ) uses an imaginary commons to […]
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