Folks- unless and until we are willing to exam the root causes here we will always be stuck with or "framed" by nasty trade-offs that we have been steadily...
... Let me outline the story in my town. Morgan Hill, CA has at various times been called a farm town, a bedroom community, an edge city. It lies just South...
... So, when will you use the word "share" and the phrase "society's surplus" in political discourse? When will help shift the paradigm? SMITH, Jeffery J.,...
Here on the West Coast, fisheries depletion is also a big issue, certainly impacted by what happens on-shore. It's not an area of expertise for me, but I have...
This message is about Human beings, Democracy, UNHCR, Refugees, The Iraqis, Islam, Kurds, Human rights, Respect, Money, Donations, Angelina Jolie, Pavarotti,...
unhcr25@...
Apr 2, 2005 10:16 pm
1292
Thanks for the suggestions. Fisheries, forestry, water and energy issues are all big ones here in Michigan's U.P. also, Jill and Joanne. Water is going to be...
The underlying cause of all these problems---aquifer drawdown, energy crisis, unsustainable agricultural practices, pollution in its many forms, etc.---is the...
... Thing about wish lists is they offer no analysis, no coherence - just a popularity contest. However, as they say, when one thing goes wrong, look for one...
... Except all cultures are anthropocentric - North America had prairies where Indians burned away forests - and all species are speciocentric. And very little...
Linda, You say it very well. Corporate power, yes. But how to change that? I believe that Kunstler is right, having done quite a bit of research on the topic...
... just a ... Not every document has to stand alone and complete. There's nothing wrong with a list of issues being just a list, without inicluding analysis...
... Because? What does it lead to? ... Seem, again. So, what is the end of the process? ... Like the Who sang, "out with the old boss, in with the new boss". ...
Of course, if one defines anthropocentric or "human-centered" as concern for humans, then yes, all cultures that we know of are human-centered. There is,...
... OK, yet while most less-techno cultures did value other species, not all, and some more-techno cultures do (Japan?). I read that the tribes in which women...
I've followed with some interest the question Linda raised by being overwhelmed and John's comments re. anthopocentricism. For those of us who been at the...
F. Neelis
bucktree@...
Apr 4, 2005 5:19 pm
1303
... So, don't corporations have mammies, too? Who owns them? Who gets the lion's share of their profits? Don't we get back to class, a ruling elite? Domhoff is...
So maybe technology can save us from ourselves? Joanne ... From: "Mike Finley" <nwest99@...> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:18 AM Subject: Toshiba's...
Only humankind can save itself, but we are the 'science & technology' animal. We can adapt our scitech to 'natural forces' and in some instances -become- the...
Wow, thank you Mr. Smith for your simplistic solution. "It's THEM". In this case it is the "ruling class". I can remember when THEM were, the Japs, the...
F. Neelis
bucktree@...
Apr 5, 2005 1:03 am
1307
From: activist@... (Democrats.com Alerts) Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2005, 8:08pm (PDT+3) - Dear Activist, As early as Wednesday, your Representative in...
... right to ... ecocentric ... wastes ... I just don't know how we can get to the "other species have intrinsic value" stages which is deeply philosophical...
... You're welcome, my son, but you confound simple, as in e=mc2, with simplistic, as in one size fits all. ... Actually, political people, being more human...
When we installed our solar system for home use, we found out about the government program being offered to schools to encourage them to install solar...
I ran across this mention of Geonomics in a fascinating little book by Russell Hann titled " Farmers Confront Industrialism: Some Historical Perspectives on...
... There's a tough question, and it is essential that we get the answer right. I've been working at it for a while now. Here's my latest draft: If you mean,...
... The phrase "fly madly" sets up a straw man and should tell you that you're dealing with someone not impartial. As you know from your other reading,...
We know enough now to realize that most pre-industrial peoples managed to live on the earth, and in various ways "manage and manipulate" their environment...
... And lacked the means to do it any other way. They had no choice but to do what they did - live in harmony. ... The have the means to do what they're doing....
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
