Environmental Literacy and ALL Careers

Posted by Martin Ogle on Nov 12, 2020 in All Posts | Comments Off on Environmental Literacy and ALL Careers Take a few seconds to imagine the world several decades in the future.   No matter what your background or values are, it’s very likely that the future you just pictured is quite different than our world today.   Things change . . . and these days, faster than ever before! Now, hone in on what people are doing in your envisioned world.  In almost any but the most bleak future you see,...
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A 5-step Program for What Ails us. Fourth Installment (of 5 – almost there!)

Posted by Martin Ogle on Oct 26, 2020 in All Posts | Comments Off on A 5-step Program for What Ails us. Fourth Installment (of 5 – almost there!) Step 4 – Help envision and create an economy based on human well-being directly, not on growth for its own sake as a proxy for well-being. At various times, healthy living systems and individual organisms physically grow, but at other times they don’t.  In fact, physical growth in most indviduals usually slows down dramatically or comes to a complete stop after some time and total growth within...
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Outside the Box; Contemplating Nested Challenges

Posted by Martin Ogle on Apr 16, 2020 in All Posts | Comments Off on Outside the Box; Contemplating Nested Challenges At the beginning of March,2020, while riding the Corona chairlift at Eldora Ski area, I caught the bug.  No, not “that” bug (some joking on the lift notwithstanding).   I was re-infected with the love of wild winds, deep snow and the greens, whites, blues and greys of the Rockies.    The slopes were almost deserted, affording me a lot of solitary time to contemplate.  But the...
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A 5-step Program for What Ails us. Third Installment

Posted by Martin Ogle on Jan 3, 2020 in All Posts | Comments Off on A 5-step Program for What Ails us. Third Installment Photograph by Matthew Kowal –  Step 3 – Spend more time outside, mostly nearby, including more physical exertion and labor.   This is the third installment in a series of 5 musings under the theme of “A 5-step Program for What Ails Us.”  The first installment introduced the theme an explored Step 1: “Yes, No or Maybe “Slow down and simplify overall.” The titles of the remaining...
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