Too Much Energy

SUBHEAD: It may simply be that evolution didn’t prepare our species for the impact of our brief and self-limiting encounter with the Earth’s carbon reserves.By John Michael Greer on 31 March 2011 for Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/03/too-much-energy.html)Image above: Slamm town Emerson NJ Amtrak station is still in operation. From (http://activerain.com/

Beyond Affluenza to the New Normal

SUBHEAD: Carolyn Baker Interviews David Wann about transitions to a new way of seeing the world.By David Wann on 23 February 2011 in Speaking Truth to Power(http://carolynbaker.net/2011/02/23/beyond-affluenza-and-into-the-new-normal-carolyn-baker-interviews-david-wann)Image above: This design for a $billion yacht looks a bit like a renovated Hawaii Superferry. From (http://musicrumours.com/here’

A Ground to Stand on

SUBHEAD: Life is up to something. It is becoming more diverse and more complex.By James Bannon on 21 February 2011 in An Ecology of Home - (http://villagegreentimberframes.com/page7/blog.php)Image above: The forest floor in Maine near Arrowhead Lake. From (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4542895).A homestead economy needs to be flexible, and a winter of very heavy snow has forced me to adjust my

Indigenous Communities vs Corporations

SUBHEAD: Indigenous communities fighting for land rights more than ever - governments & corporations fighting back.By Rachel Cernanski on 8 Februalry 2011 for TreeHugger -(http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/report-indigenous-communities-fighting-for-land-rights-governments-fighting-back.php)Image above: Teacher and students laying out the community. From original article.A new report from

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).

Food Security & Food Culture

SUBHEAD: The ‘fast food culture’ of modern society has distanced most of us from a richness of experience.By Matty Lynch on 1 February 2011 in Permaculture Media - (http://permaculture-media-download.blogspot.com/2011/02/food-security-and-food-culture-by-matty.html)Image above: Detail of promotional poster for Morgan Spurlock's movie "Supersize Me". From (http://www.legendarystrength.com/

See South of the Border

SOURCE: Kenneth Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: A film to be shown on Kauai by Oliver Stone about the ongoing revolution in South America. Jan 21st.By Kauai Alliance for Peace on 3 January 2011 - Image above: Evo Morales, Oliver Stone and Hugo Chavez at Film Society of Lincoln Center 2009 screening of "South of the Border". From (http://www.upi.com/enl-win/

Culture Disease with a Cure

SUBHEAD: A new narrative - one that redefines what it means to be “a good man or woman of our kind” - is emerging.By Jan Lundgren on 27 November 2011 in Culture Change - (http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/686/65/)Image above: Public Broadcasting System logo filled with private corporate logos. Mashup by Juan Wilson.When Nestlé buys mineral water companies and mass markets the "

Start a Vegetable Garden

SUBHEAD: Sixteen reasons to live simply by starting a vegetable garden.By Staff on 7 January 2011 in Before It's News - (http://beforeitsnews.com/story/344/709/16_reasons_to_live_simply_by_starting_a_vegetable_garden.html)Image above: Cooperative gardening. From original article.Gardening is an integral part of simple living and a growing number of Americans are getting down in the dirt.

Kodachrome Fades Away

SUBHEAD: The most durable, color film developed for the consumer discontinues processing after 75 years history.[Publisher's note: My mom began taking Kodachrome slides with a Leica 35mm camera back in the 1950's. I continued taking such slides from the late 60's until about ten years ago. Those family Kodachromes have maintained their quality better than all other image technologies in our

Oh Brother, Not Peak Oil!

SUBHEAD: We are being asked to go eyes-wide-open into the greatest new experiment in living most of us have ever encountered.By Lindsay Curren on 29 December 2010 in Transition Voice -(http://transitionvoice.com/2010/12/oh-brother-not-peak-oil)Image above: Still image from Coen Brothers 2000 movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?". From (http://www.movietobo.com/2010/10/08/jons-top-10-

Rubik Cube Mosaics

SUBHEAD: Artist breaks world record with 12,090-Rubik's-Cube mosaic composition.By Keith Thompson on 28 December 2010 in Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-thomson/artist-breaks-world-recor_b_801831.html)Image above: 'The Last Supper" Rubik's Cube mosaic. From (http://www.sunnybalanga.com/2010/10/13/rubiks-cube-cube-works).In October 2009 Toronto-based artist Josh Chalom, 51,

A Physicist Solves the City

SUBHEAD: There is something deeply strange about thinking of the metropolis in such abstract terms.By Jonah Lehrer on 17 December 2010 in The New York Times -(http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html)Image above: Rendering of an imaginary city. From (http://www.123rf.com/photo_856753_imaginary-city.html).Geoffrey West doesn’t eat lunch. His doctor says he has a mild

Twilight of the Chicken Tenders

SUBHEAD: There’s an entire world of cooking that has nothing to do with elaborate gourmet dishes or takeout food and plastic packages.By John Michael Greer on 22 December 2010 in ArchdruiReport - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2010/12/twilight-of-chicken-tenders.html)Image above: packaging for Love Me Chicken Tenders. From (http://lovemetenders.wordpress.com/products).One of the

All in the Ohana

SUBHEAD: How Hawaiians embrace the land, its abundance, and their responsibility to each other.By Puanani Burgess on 13 December 2010 in Yes Magazine -(http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-happy-families-know/all-in-the-ohana)Image above: Puanani Burgess family photo from original article.The Hawaiian culture is one of inclusion. Our language and our processes and our traditions—it’s all about

Hapa Trail is State Owned

SUBHEAD: It is a good time to let the DLNR revisit this issue, after Lingle's laura Theilen is gone and under Abocrombie's new chairperson pick, William Aila.By Paul Curtis on 11 December 2010 for Garden Island News - (http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_380d2a08-05bf-11e0-a69f-001cc4c002e0.html)Image above: Teddy Blake explains some of the historical aspects of Hapa Trail. Photo by

John Lennon at 70

SUBHEAD: Imagine there was no shooting. It’s easy if you try. No Mark Chapman. Only John, a bitter old guy.By Mark Beech on 8 December 2010 in Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/imagine-there-was-no-shooting-grumpy-john-lennon-turns-70-mark-beech.html)Image above: Detail of drawing by Patricia Mitchell of John Lennon at 70. From (http://www.lostateminor.com/tag/

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

A new cultural narrative

SUBHEAD: Assuming we don’t succumb to nuclear Armageddon or a climate meltdown, a new and different world must arise.By Dan Hamburg on 3 December 2010 for Culture Change - (http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/688/65)Image above: Reconnecting with the Divine Mother. From (http://www.whitewolfjourneys.com/?p=1529).The grave challenge of our time is not to reform the current system but

Aha Moku Gathering

SUBHEAD: This was a gathering of the Hawaiian nation, in the best sense. Let us hope more youngsters will participate in the future.Image above: Detail of conference poster celebrating the gathering of the net created by Oliver Kinney. By Juan Wilson on 22 November 2010 - On Friday and Saturday I attended a conference at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu on Oahu. It's title was Ho'olei '