The “Gaia Paradigm” – What it is and Why it matters

Posted by on Mar 6, 2015 in All Posts | Comments Off on The “Gaia Paradigm” – What it is and Why it matters In 1985, a “Far-side” cartoon depicted a dinosaur at a podium addressing a group of fellow dinosaurs. The reptile opined: “The picture’s pretty bleak, gentlemen. . . The world’s climates are changing, the mammals are taking over, and we all have a brain about the size of a walnut.” Like so many of Gary Larson’s brilliant one-panel creations, the cartoon strikes the funny bone because it lampoons...
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Tundra Dreamer

Posted by on Mar 4, 2015 in All Posts | Comments Off on Tundra Dreamer Adapted from “A Sweet and Sublime Enigma” by Martin Ogle, 2006.     The dreamer knew limitless possibilities. And yet, had been to the mountaintop and seen The possibility of limits.   In the windswept tundra Dwarf plants, A few hardy creatures, Danced with and hid from The singing wind.   Shielding himself from the gale, The dreamer saw the world below and marveled at Limitless possibilities.  ...
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Willful Waste, Woeful Want

Posted by on Jan 7, 2015 in All Posts | Comments Off on Willful Waste, Woeful Want Dictionary.com analyzes the American idiom, “waste not, want not” as follows: “Wise use of one’s resources will keep one from poverty. For example, I just hate to throw out good food—waste not, want not. This proverbial saying was first recorded in 1772 but had an earlier, even more alliterative version, willful waste makes woeful want (1576).” How fitting that the example used for this...
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House on Fire

Posted by on Dec 8, 2014 in All Posts | Comments Off on House on Fire

It’s a new mindset we’re in need of. One in which we see ourselves as a seamless continuum of a living planet. A perspective that allows us to slow down and see alternatives. Into the daydreams we still occasionally enjoy in the midst of our rushed lives, perhaps we can backfill this awareness. Into whatever we’re doing, whatever we’re thinking, wherever we are, we can plant the seeds of new possibilities.  Let’s envision and create alternatives to all elements of our current economy, including growth for growth’s sake, and avoid that cliff. Let’s put that fire out and save our house!


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Some Thoughts at the Barstool of Sustainability

Posted by on Apr 30, 2014 in All Posts | Comments Off on Some Thoughts at the Barstool of Sustainability Some Thoughts at the Barstool of Sustainability; The Growth of a Good Idea In October of 2013, I was privileged to pull up a barstool at New Belgium Brewery, in Fort Collins, CO, to contemplate sustainability.   The discussion and brewery tour were conducted for Naropa University graduate students (and me, their professor) by New Belgium’s Sustainability Specialist, Katie Wallace.   Our class...
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