Monthly Archives: February 2015

I see two groups of people: One group is young, energetic, and idealistic; they believe in permaculture as the hope of the world, and they long to connect with the land; And the other? Mostly older women, stewards of their … Continue reading →

WORTHY! We do need a clear, simple book that anyone can read and absorb at least the first glimmerings of the obvious, commonsensical, and therefore, utterly strange! — human/nature interconnectedness that pervades permacultural philosophy and practice. Via Keith. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattpowers/the-permaculture-student-1?ref=video

Just as local, organic, and permacultural growing systems are now entering their second and third generations (networking and scaling up), so the tiny house movement is now about community as much as one’s own tiny home. YES! I lived for … Continue reading →

Believe it or not, the origin of Spock’s hand signal for “Live Long and Prosper” is connected to the goddess Shekinah! Shekinah means “presence of God” and relates to the feminine aspect of the Holy Trinity. It is the energy … Continue reading →

Note, March 5: And see this. When my boys were young, I once asked each of them what would they ask for if they could have anything in the world. Sean, eight years old, a very pragmatic soul with five … Continue reading →

This reminds me of what the new Greek government wants to do there: tax the rich. Yes. Obviously. And Look what happens when you do. Mark Dayton is the kind of person who should be in office. He doesn’t hunger … Continue reading →

Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, when I was a graduate student in philosophy and passionately probing the deep interior edge between thought and language, I found myself drawn out of academic philosophy into other “disciplines,” including sociology, … Continue reading →

The first is a great example of what permaculture calls “stacking functions” in that most iconic of “ecotopic” (see the book, Ecotopia) cities, Portland, which is now to generate power from gravity-fed water pipes! Piped hydropower is constant, doesn’t disrupt … Continue reading →

Or, how, despite lip service given to “feminism” (which, in practice, has pretty much morphed into women aping and competing with men in the job market), mechanics still threatens to take over biology. I put the two following posts together, … Continue reading →

Check this out, published in Salon in December 2013. Surprised it hasn’t yet made more of a splash, since this essay by Tim Donovan, a member of the millennial generation, is clear, well argued, and persuasive — if you keep … Continue reading →