There is plenty of science saying there’s climate change. Many of the mitigating measures to do with climate change are things we ought, for a plethora of reasons from national security to child health, to do anyway (use energy way more efficiently, move to renewable power generation, consume fewer planetary resources to ameliorate the other […]
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Why I’m fond of saying wisdom trumps science
When one group of scientists first said smoking was bad for you, the tobacco industry funded another group of researchers to say the science was inconclusive. When dietitians began saying saturated animal fats hurt your heart, the beef and dairy industry rolled out their own group of gurus saying “not so bad.” And now that […]
An alternative American dream
I came across a passage in Jerome M. Segal’s Graceful Simplicity: Toward a Philosophy and Politics of Simple of Living that articulates, for me, the kind of real progress that I envision. It goes like this: “The point of an economy, even a dynamic economy, is not to have more and more; it is to […]
Throwaway science
Apropos of our recent discussion on disposability (see here and here), the Guardian, in its green living column no less, trotted out that old tired question about whether a reusable ceramic cup is really better than disposable cups. They use that ancient statistic that says you have to use a thousand polystyrene cups before you equal […]
My grandfather’s cuff links
My grandfather was a big wig, first, in the OSS and then, through the 50s and 60s, in the CIA. In fact, my last book, Operation Jedburgh, told the story of secret World War II operation that my grandfather helped oversee. Now, I am not uncritical of the actions of the CIA through those years […]
Economic progress?
Day three in bed with the flu, so I’m just offering you this one-minute video from Adbusters. If you can’t watch in your email or newsreader, watch it here.
Visit your senator and representative and tell them what counts!
Talk about fun! 1Sky.org is giving us the chance to work together to show that each of us make a difference, and that we make even more of a difference if we work together. You see, in just a few weeks, from March 14 to March 31, our senators and representatives will be heading home […]
Creation
Isabella (who turned three today by the way) has done me the favor of bringing another flu bug home from school. So don’t expect much. As I’ve said before, I don’t adhere to any one religion, but I do enjoy the ancient wisdom contained within them all. And someone who calls herself Dura Matter in the comments […]