After two months in "civilization", our return to Lone Bobcat Woods was welcomed by a delicious snowstorm and cold temperatures which kept the ground white for most of a week, here where snow usually melts off the following day. We gave thanks for fossil fuel as the portable … [Read more...]
Dreams by Derrick Jensen
March 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Dear Derrick, Over the past several months, I've read your book Dreams not just once, but twice. It has been more than an intellectual foray. It has been an experiencing, a journeying, a nightly rendezvous for communications from "other sides." I didn't want … [Read more...]
Pix: Richard Heinberg & Janet Barocco’s Suburban Permaculture Yard
March 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
These pictures complement "Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg" taped in May 2007 (episode 100). Photo 1 is the back yard before they began work. Photos 2 and 3 are the backyard as of May 2007 (photo taken from the roof, showing solar panels). … [Read more...]
“Your Environmental Road Trip” – a film festival in one movie
January 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
"YERT - Your Environmental Road Trip" is an entire environmental film festival wrapped up in an absorbing and entertaining, fast-paced two-hour documentary that's both personal and planetary. Friends Mark, Julie and Ben pack themselves into a Prius to tour all 50 states in … [Read more...]
Notes from Derrick Jensen’s Earth at Risk 2011 Conference
November 20, 2011 by 2 Comments
We traveled to Berkeley on November 13, 2011 for Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet in which author Derrick Jensen interviews his invited guests. Below are some quotes and notes from the day. Derrick opened with: "The only miracle we're going to … [Read more...]
At Home in Our Winter Encampment
November 6, 2011 by 4 Comments
It's been all quiet on the writing front while Robyn and I have set up our winter encampment site for our "Little House" (motorhome). Enormous ancestral black oaks ring Bearhaven meadow, whispering of the Maidu people whose acorn grinding rocks are not far from the … [Read more...]
The Economy’s Oily Warning System
October 18, 2011 by 1 Comment
Chris Martenson, author of The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Energy, Economy and the Environment book and video course, just gave two engaging presentations to our community. I wanted an update from our Peak Moment Conversation in early 2010 The Crash Course … [Read more...]
How do I Define “Sustainability”?
September 30, 2011 by 6 Comments
"How do you define 'sustainability'?" was the opening question asked of me by co-host Peter Dawson Buckland on Pennsylvania State University's Sustainability Now Radio today (listen to archived interview). I quoted recent guest Derrick Jensen (How the West HAS Won, episode … [Read more...]
Books on Nature and Psyche – Books to Share
September 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I want them to find new homes for these books on nature, consciousness, and spirit. Donate to Peak Moment TV, and email me which books you want. Suggested donation is $5-15 per book including shipping (but please factor in hardcover, large and unusual books.) If … [Read more...]
Books on Art and Creativity – Books to Share
September 9, 2011 by 2 Comments
As I wrote in Books for these times - Books to share, one of my "gazingus pins" is books. This set of art books reflect my fascination with Japanese, Celtic, Islamic, decorative and spiritual art, as well as the creative process and technique. Rather than store these books, … [Read more...]
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