Four book discussions this week in the East and West Bay: Thursday, November 19, Berkeley, CA Lierre will be speaking at Pegasus Books Downtown at 7:30PM. The ...
... It's so interesting, the term whistleblowers. Do not assume this is not just some plan to start talking about it and, if so, who knows how truthful...
Recall that I said "economically or strategically advantageous." (The relevant word here is "or".) So it could be strategically advantageous for them, even...
... True. And...without consciousness, there's not much possibility that things can change...half the battle is admitting there's a problem. The distinction ...
To Whom It May Concern-- Green America’s Green Business Network announces our annual Green Business Conference in San Francisco, November 11-12. The...
East Bay | Environment & Forest Defense http://www.indybay.org/environment/ View other events for the week of 11/10/2009 Title: Reduce Your Personal and...
Tue, Nov 10, 2009 6:00 PM The Third Annual California Interfaith Power and Light Energy Oscars Grace Cathedral, Gresham Hall 1100 California Street San...
... $375 sounds mighty green to me, and down from $495! What a deal. All these b.s. type business as usual conferences are not going to accomplish anything....
... Well, if it were strategically advantageous because people at home were "not on board," maybe activism made a difference in this case. They learned their...
You might want to read the wikipedia analysis of China's energy policies before making such simplistic statements ...
roger Herried
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Nov 10, 2009 7:55 pm
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... Only true of SOME problems. There are no solutions (in the standard concept of "fix") to some problems, so consciousness is not really helpful. It may be...
We are more likely to "reduce our carbon footprint" due to economic crash and oil depletion than workshops telling people about climate change. ...
Mark Robinowitz
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Nov 10, 2009 11:28 pm
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... (continuation) ...that produce economic wealth that increases "footprints" However, not enough can be said for getting people out of their houses and away...
Good observation, Mark. So does the reality you bring up mean that crash is something to encourage, peacefully? Is preparing for post- crash culture all that...
Jan Lundberg
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Agreed about the concept of "fix". You may recall that what I'm advancing is that what we can primarily do is change our relationship to what's to come....
Being willing to look at the root source of the problem, i.e., overpopulation, and at least attempting to ameliorate that through the one-child rule ...
... There is absolutely no evidence they ever will "in significant numbers," until economically they can't (i.e. it is already crashing around them). In SF...
... ...Also, is the slaughter of baby girls because you want to have a boy a "mature response." Mind you, it helps decrease the population who can have babies...
... Mature and accountable are terms you can apply to individuals. But it doesn't make sense to describe a population that way. I think people give too much...
There are groups that make decisions collaboratively. I'm in such a group, that's on the cutting-edge of collaboration, that achieve higher-quality decisions...
There's several articles out about this.. I just recorded a podcast going over some of the articles and a quick read through of the world energy outlook 2009...
http://www.propublica.org/feature/is-the-marcellus-shale-too-hot-to-handle-1109 Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle? by Abrahm Lustgarten,...
Pat Gerber
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... It's a little deeper than that. I can't see that the words about "wanting to operate a new society" have much of any plan for what it would be. What will...