The following is the transcript of a speech delivered on January 08, 2005 in Hudson, New York. James Howard Kunstler My last three books were concerned with the physical arrangement of life […]
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Reposted from ABC in Australia. Eleanor Hall Now to some alarming scientific research on the state of the planet: destructive climate change; the depletion of energy, food and fish stocks; […]
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The following selection from The Happy Child: Changing the Heart of Education, by Steven Harrison was found on the Internet. Steven Harrison “A great many people think they are thinking […]
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Carol Brouillet Before history was written, a gift economy existed. The gifts of Nature were abundant; the relationship between people, the Earth, the animals and plants were sacred. Western civilization […]
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Caroline Webb Speaking at a conference in Berkeley California in November 2002, cosmologist Brian Swimme recalls his astonishment after his first meeting in 1982 with the person who has emerged […]
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This is an excerpt from the first chapter of a new book, reposted from The New York Times. Jared Diamond A few summers ago I visited two dairy farms, Huls […]
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On his website, Mark Shepard writes: Contrary to his portrayal by Longfellow, Hiawatha was a statesman, peacemaker, and co-founder of the Iroquois League, Confederacy, or Confederation. This following address by […]
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The Iroquois Confederacy long ago devised the rules of peace-making and negotiation after centuries of war and vengeance. What crucial lessons can we learn from them as we face a […]
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The following interview from 2001 was forwarded to me by reader Denise Anderson. Stephen Marshall Good morning Dr. Kaku. I guess the first thing we should do is clarify some terminology. Let’s […]
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The following essay was written in 1996, as exercise to describe the future 10 years later. Guy Dauncey The Atlantic Review, October 2006: In the year since Iqbal Kharoun and Elizabeth […]
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