As globalization penetrates the hearts and souls of many lives and as transnational capitalist interests work beyond the sovereignty of many states to weaken both socioeconomic and environmental regulations, accelerating people's impoverishment along with ecological catastrophe as a result, the world needs revised thinking and action.
Continue reading...Sunday, February 7, 2010
In mid-January, I received a mass email asking me to donate $10 for bottled water and other supplies for participants in an important immigrant rights march in Phoenix.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
If your children love creative projects, fun facts, and animals of all kinds For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet will be a great addition to their bookshelf.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Part of me cringed the thought of reading yet more tales of humanity’s inclination to extinguish and diminish other life forms. It’s a reaction, I discovered after a quick survey of colleagues, I am not alone in experiencing when confronted with titles such as Silence of the Songbirds and Where the Wild Things Were.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 16, 2009
Of all the possible definitions of a garden, I like Don Gayton's best: "A garden is a gift, a celebration and a revelation." Gayton's idea applies equally well to his own efforts, as an ecologist landscaping his suburban yard, as to the more political and activist agenda of guerrilla gardener David Tracey.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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