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Toby Hemenway on Permaculture: Reaching Beyond Sustainability
This week’s Deconstructing Dinner podcast featured a fantastic talk by Toby Hemenway on agriculture systems and permaculture. While we speak about sustainability as an alternative to the currently implemented degenerative systems, what we really need to talk about are regenerative systems. Toby says, “If you ask how a marriage is going and you answer that [...]
the mystical experience of Carl Jung
I’m looking forward to the latest book from Gary Lachman on the mystical works of Carl Jung. But while it is on its way via Amazon.ca, I’ve been enjoying his recent article for Fortean Times which begins by detailing a seminal mystical experience in Jung’s life, On 11 February 1944, the 68-year-old Carl Gustav Jung [...]
Clowes on Marriage
Yes. I am married now, for what that means. Jane and I have been together for almost six years now and things have never been better, but they don’t seem that different because we are “married”. Here’s one take on matrimony by the bittersweet and poignant Daniel Clowes.
WWOOF
WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (but used to stand for Willing Workers On Organic Farms). I first learned about it last year as couchsurfers were staying with me in Vancouver and telling me of their experiences in the BC interior on organic farms. Perhaps Jane and I might do a short [...]
a lot of Kiwis are hunkering down
This segment from New Zealand’s 60 Minutes about locals weaning themselves off of oil and preparing for the collapse of industrial civilization is refreshingly devoid of the sneers and snarky comments a similar piece would be encapsulated with in North America. The commentator even says, “if the worst comes to the worst, these people would [...]
money and life trailer
I’m excited to see the movement to reconnect monetary systems with ecological dynamics continue in gaining momentum. The upcoming Money and Life is an excellent example of how people all over the world are beginning to seriously discuss the particular method of money creation we currently use and how it affects our lives. Most importantly [...]
back from hiatus
I’m back from my blogging hiatus and will start updating a few times a week once again. I had a beautiful few weeks back in North Carolina where Jane ( @jmw213 ) and I were married. Once some more photos start rolling in, I’ll blog a few thoughts about what it meant to me to [...]
evidence for America as a psychological ses pool?
Morris Berman’s latest post on his Dark Ages America blog summarizes all the prime information on why the United States is such a lonely place to live. My own experience is that the US is a psychological ses pool, perhaps this is a phrase that Berman himself used at one point or that I adopted [...]
much more than we know happening on the Gulf Coast
Documentary filmmaker James Fox recently tried to get some footage of the oil slick as it impacts the Gulf Coast beaches and found some interesting stories from the locals. James reports that people there are scared, being arrested and that there are evacuation vehicles on-site preparing for mass forced migrations. Of course, those migrations will [...]
my Vancouver (when sunny) theme song
When days like today exist, I hear Grafitti6 playing over and over in my head.
