Reflections on the Life of James Lovelock

Posted by Martin Ogle on Sep 10, 2022 in All Posts | Comments Off on Reflections on the Life of James Lovelock

In this essay, I offer seven vignettes of how my life has been enriched and challenged by Lovelock’s own life and work.  Each vignette flows from the other but could be read separately.   I conclude with thoughts on matters of optimism and pessimism and “Gaian perspectives” that may hold the key for our society’s ability to address the gathering storm clouds of our age.

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A 5-step Program for What Ails Us – Fifth Installment

Posted by Martin Ogle on Dec 19, 2020 in All Posts | Comments Off on A 5-step Program for What Ails Us – Fifth Installment Quickly empower youth to help create a new economy, not replicate the present one. If we keep replicating our present economy, even with some improvements, we won’t be able to fix what ails us as a society.   And, almost all of us will suffer individually, as families and communities.   We’re in the midst of a collision course with the living systems that enable our lives. On the flip side, the...
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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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