People Behavior & Energy Use

SUBHEAD: How people live in their homes has been largely ignored by efforts to improve energy efficiency.By Mark Kinver on 11 February 2011 in BBC News - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12417359)Image above: The Intermountain Weatherization Training Center. A controlled home energy use laboratory. From (http://energycache.org/news/intermountain-weatherization-training-center).The

The Economics of Happiness

SUBHEAD: It’s a comfort to watch a film that presents the sentiment that a future with less oil is preferable to a future with lots of oil.By Jennifer Prediger on 4 February 2011 for Grist - (http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-04-a-new-documentary-about-the-real-wealth-of-nations-)Image above: Image promoting course on "The Economics of Happiness" From (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11

Infallible, Unsinkable, Inconceivable

SUBHEAD: My family! My kids! I can’t let them die! But what am I going to do? A bell curve in three parts.By John Stassek on 2 February 2011 for Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2011/01/infallible-unsinkable-inconceivable-a-bell-curve-in-three-parts/)Image above: "The Bell Curve" photograph by Jim Goldstein. From (http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2008/03/31/the-bell-curve).

Brain Politics

SUBHEAD: Study suggests people with right wing views have a larger area of the brain associated with fear.By Richard Alleyne on 28 December 2010 for the Telegraph -(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8228192/Political-views-hard-wired-into-your-brain.html)Image above: Illustration of brain activity in meditation. From (http://themeditationmind.com/binaural-beats/theta-meditation).

America, y ur peeps so dum?

SUBHEAD: America's cultural ignorance and the need for courage in the age of Lady Gaga.Image above: Ignorant and proud of it. The gang from MTV's "Jersey Shore". From (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Jersey-Shore-Season-1/13628).By Joe Bageant on 7 December 2010 in Joe Bageant.com -(http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2010/12/america-y-ur-peeps-b-so-dum.html#more)If you hang out much with thinking

Depend on your Wheelbarrow

SUBHEAD: Once you’ve swallowed the little red pill you’re kicked out of the garden of oblivious innocence and blissful ease.Image above: A restored wheelbarrow ready for another decade. From (http://www.ourfamilyprojects.com/Comfortable_Hippies/2007-11-15_Wheelbarrow.html).By Elizabeth Scarpino on 1 November 2010 in Transition Voice - (http://transitionvoice.com/2010/11/

Enough!

SUBHEAD: Only by healing our belief in our separateness will we be able to finally and fully restore our balance with Nature.Image above: Painting "Newborn" by Alex Gray (1996). From (http://www.alexgrey.com/gs.html).By Paul Chefurka on 3 November 2010 in Approaching the Limits to Growth - (http://paulchefurka.ca/Enough.html)Whenever I contemplate the spectacular mischief that we humans have