Lubarsky: What We Can Hope For
“Ecological Civilization” by Tucker Nichols for Pando Populus. Artwork copyright (c) 2015 by the artist. What Can We Hope For?...
/ June 15, 2015
Keller on Transformation
I have imprinted on my mind something Cobb said to me when I was a student, on a walk, here--35 years ago,: “what we need is enough ecological catastrophe that people wake up, and not so much that it is too late.” Still true? Catastrophe can be a catalyst.
/ June 15, 2015
Griffin Revisits Whitehead Century
This century is still far away from being a Whiteheadian century. But it’s going in the right direction.
/ June 14, 2015
Clayton on Mind vs. Matter
“Nature alive” also allows us to view ourselves differently. Gone is the anthropomorphism of old; we now see that human agents share their essential features with all living agents.
/ June 14, 2015
After the Earthquake
"Loho communities" are ones that aim for wholistic harmony with the rest of the natural world.
/ June 1, 2015
Notes from the Climate Track
One of the strengths of Whiteheadian-Hartshornean process thought is that it leads people to care deeply about the long-term good of the world, regardless of whether they will be part of it.
/ June 1, 2015
Corporate Rules (and Nations)
"When Corporations Rule the World" is a powerful book title from the '90s which I can't help but reference when I read about much that is happening.
/ May 22, 2015
Design Thinking
Thinking wrong can change the world. -- John Bielenberg
/ May 22, 2015
Rethinking Religion
Dowd writes, “When religion fails, economics is unbounded by even the crudest requirements to protect nature’s life support systems. When religion fails, economics becomes demonic.”
/ May 22, 2015
The Genius of the Compost
My point is that even if the solution to the problem of global warming lies at hand, it cannot easily be seized. Our family lives, our educational system, and our religious teaching would have to change too.
/ May 14, 2015
Dangerous Perspective
While the influence of linear perspective on Renaissance architecture and European cities is well understood and obvious, its influence on Western science and how we see ourselves in relationship to the natural world is less known but deep.
/ May 13, 2015
Rethinking Development
Providing more services to an increasing population can only be met if those with enough voluntarily decide to give what they really don’t need to support the many who have too little.
/ May 13, 2015