This provocative article was published under the title Waiting for the Lights to go Out. It is reposted from The Sunday Times Magazine. … We’ve taken the past 200 years […]
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What is Humane Education?
Reposted from The Institute for Animal Associated Lifelong Learning. Humane education is an approach to teaching which aims to foster in young people a functional ethic embodying a balanced sensitivity […]
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Reposted from World Future Society. Gene Stephens Why is the world in such disarray? Why do so many people hate? Why can’t we all just get along? All good questions; […]
Continue readingSelf Protection with Organic Farming
Sandra Steingraber When I was pregnant with my daughter Faith, to move on to the next generation, I had already spent 20 adult years mostly living my life out as […]
Continue readingListen to Nature and Accept Her Adamant Plan
I was very impressed with the science fiction novel EARTH that I read about 15 years ago. Published in 1990, it describes the near future (2038) in amazing detail. Now […]
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The following Keynote Speech was delivered on October 1st, 2005 to the Society of Environmental Journalists at their convention in Austin, Texas. Bill Moyers Thank you for inviting me here today […]
Continue readingA Wondrous Unprecedented Supernatural Failure
The following remarks were made at the Petrocollapse Conference held in New York City on October 5th, 2005. James Howard Kunstler In the waning months of 2005, our failure to […]
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Megan Quinn Yellow Springs, Ohio—More than 350 people from 39 states and five countries gathered here in late September with about 100 area residents to learn how to prepare at […]
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This is the text of a speech by the former Vice President of the United States. It was delivered on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 in New York at the We […]
Continue readingMy Beautiful Planet Earth
Judy Wilken “Between us two there’s nothing between that does not belong between us.” The children had gathered around me for our last lesson in StarChild Science Part I. “Now […]
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