Today is EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY. Tomorrow we go into ecological deficit. Humans have used the entire annual budget of resources that can replenished by nature. We entered overshoot ~ 40 years ago. When I saw the overshoot (and collapse) graph back then, I said “Holy …
Hazel Henderson, wonder woman of green, science-based investing, the love economy, and the golden rule society, went virtual (her term for died) on May 22, 2022, at home, and very much at peace. She was/is my dear friend, inspiration, goad, mentor and cheerleader. Two weeks …
My lovely village and island is in a fight for it’s funky life in this insane financialization of real estate so that where I live is someone else’s asset class – and they have ten times the wealth I sit on. Essential workers are …
Putin’s gift, amidst the horror of war and the threat of nuclear annihilation, is showing the world our weakness: we depend on oil to run our lives. To shut him out, we shoot ourselves in the foot. Our citizens would howl as energy prices …
A social media maven – and friend – Annalis Clint – just gave me a talking-to about breaking up with Facebook as my go-to, how’s-everyone-doing way to feel connected now that I’m a pandemic social hermit. Oh, but my guts are woven into it. …
Last night I dreamed of children coming together from the 4 corners of the earth, like 4 tribes bringing their gifts. Not one of their gifts, however, were understood, or received respectfully, by the other tribes, and so they all felt confused, disappointed, unmet, …
Maybe you haven’t missed me, but I haven’t been blogging much lately. It’s not writer’s block. It’s tongue tide, as in the tide of speaking my truth is low… and I am too. The haters – left and right – are outside the gate …
Below is a fable for this moment. A great blessing – and curse – of the last half decade is how rug after rug is getting pulled out from under our certainties. It’s had many hashtags: #waterislife, #metoo, #blm, #climatestrike, #j6, #fires, #floods, #storms, …
Do you have a family member, or two, who don’t see eye to eye with you on politics? On masks? On Covid? On the dire necessity to reduce climate pollution? On the toll of slavery on the grandsons and daughters of slaves? On… just …
What’s the female version of “grumpy old man”? I’m turning 76 and, whatever it is, I think I’m getting there. Is it “vain old woman”? “Look at my ankles (after 12 hours of elevation to deflate the souffle that puffs up out of my shoes), …
