Differences of opinion or belief should not be confused with differences in information. Opinions and beliefs based on myth, lies, and propaganda may seem normal, correct, or even "common knowledge" and yet hold no validity. — Caren Black, guest on Titanic Lifeboat … [Read more...]
Joanna Macy: Active Hope Reconnects Us to Life
September 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
Joanna Macy's talk in Grass Valley, California, August 24, 2012 Michael Stone: For young people, the future isn't what it used to be. Joanna has been an activist for five decades. She's an eco-philosopher, and she has touched people all over the world. Joanna is one of … [Read more...]
Guy Dauncey & Joanna Macy: the Great Transition
August 21, 2012 by 3 Comments
Things are heating up quite seriously. Smoke from enormous wildfires many miles north drifts into the river canyon beside us. The Midwest drought finds the land in far worse condition than the last massive droughts in the 1930s, and a world far more dependent on its food … [Read more...]
Practice Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush
June 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
I piled the laundry basket into the wheelbarrow and headed towards the Lone Bobcat Woods house. We'd agreed with our renter to share the washing machine. As I pushed the 'barrow about a quarter mile to the house in the warm sun, I thought of John Michael Greer's recent … [Read more...]
“Hooked on Growth” documentary from GrowthBusters
June 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
"Hooked on Growth" is the quintessential David vs. Goliath story, starring modern-day filmmaker David (yes, his real name!!) Gardner in his autobiographical crusade against industrial civilization's prevailing and largely unquestioned myth that Growth is Good, whether it's … [Read more...]
The Great Oak: Sacrifice and Liberation
May 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
Very reluctantly, and with much deliberation, we had an ancestral black oak felled where we're living in the Little House (RV) at Bearhaven meadow. We considered where else we might move it to minimize the "human sacrifice zone," Robyn's term for wild land modified for human … [Read more...]
All of the Above — from the “What a Way To Go” filmmaker
May 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I wondered what sort of novel might arise from the writer/director of the ahead-of-its time documentary "What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire," which portrays so many aspects contributing to the ongoing collapse of industrial civilization. (See "What a Way to Go: Meet … [Read more...]
Graphical Novel with a Teen Eco-Heroine: Luz Sees the Light
May 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Reading Nancy Drew books fed my young imagination with a much-needed female character who's intelligent, gutsy, clever, and resourceful while she solved mysteries, fighting the "bad guys" and helping the oppressed. A real heroine. Luz is a similar role model for modern … [Read more...]
Joel Salatin: Sustainable Farming – Animals Required
April 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
April 16, 2012. We taped a great conversation in Chico with Joel Salatin, whose Polyface Farm in Virginia actually builds soil, while raising beef, chickens, turkeys for sale. In 2006 we taped Joel's a full day of presentations (Holy Cows, Hog Heaven). We were totally … [Read more...]
Local Soup for a Snowy Day – Living Wild
April 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I put together a quick egg and lemon soup while Robyn photographed snow falling, dusting the evergreen branches. I thought about how local the ingredients were: Local: eggs, lemon and cilantro, goat meat (Grass Valley and Oroville).Not local: coconut oil, salt and … [Read more...]
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