Often throughout the course of this class, conversation took on an integrative tone: just as often as we discussed individual behavior, we would discuss politics, the environment, and the ways in which all are connected within the greater system of our world – and potentially, our universe. A series of writings reference and evaluate this notion, but none do so… Read more »
The Anthropocene offers a lot to think about in the way of Being. Of course, the questions of how to Be and what Being means are some of humanity’s first documented memories, but their framing changes in our epoch defined by the power and impact of humans. Join me in my examination of life in the Anthropocene by seeing its… Read more »
“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s words resonated with us. We wanted to create positive change, and like many, we didn’t know how… Read more »
Let’s relive our most recent contemplative practice. Imagine: The state of the world is worsening. Feverish Earth and its subjects are drowning in corruption, injustice, and inequity. Children are hungry. Rich men govern from palace-sized homes. Industry of war is prospering. The future is dark, smoldering hot, and underwater. Run through the litany of traumas endured by Earth and its people. This reality is familiar…. Read more »
In recent conversation, we’ve determined some springs and coils comprising the intangible machinery programmed to yield a sustainable globe. We’ve discussed a new cultural fitness display elevating a minimalist lifestyle above that of the gilded 1%, suggested a vision of collective pleasure in rising above consumerism, and posed the concept of a non-zero-sum eco-political world. Additionally, we’ve identified that these… Read more »
Educated in a school insisting students had the power to change the world, I was fed guidelines that would save us all. We should consume less plastic, bike more, and eat less meat to limit our carbon footprints. The “important single agent” concept struck me as a movement without the solution to the issue: the menacing drought of climate change… Read more »
