I was listening to a lecture/conversation between Wes Jackson of the Land Institute and Wendell Berry this morning and the topic wandered to science and it's mandate. To paraphrase, science doesn't decide what's good, culture does that, within culture religion has largely had a monopoly on that word, that task, ...
Started by C Robb W. yesterday, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Philosophy & Religion
Like most websites, we need a sustainable revenue model if we are to be sustainable as an offering. So, we thought we'd ask the smartest people on the site...you! Is there a service we could provide you that you would pay for? Or is there a customer group we should ...
Started by Nick Lewis in August, about Climate Change, Design, Environment & Wildlife, Media
Global Warming is definitely getting the attention of the masses, but is that happening at the expense of other environmental issues? On the one hand, anything that makes people more environmentally aware, and modifies excessive consumption could have positive spin-offs for other environmental issues. Perhaps GW is bringing previously unaware ...
Started by Charles M. last month, about Environment & Wildlife
I've been thinking recently about hubris. I don't mean the the petty everyday hubris we experience in our relationships and human contacts. I'm thinking about the hubris we have developed along with our big brains through the millenia of evolution. As we have refined our ability to change our environment, ...
Started by C Robb W. last month, about Environment & Wildlife, Philosophy & Religion
It's not as homo sapiens is an endangered species. Why do people have this need to have not only one kid, but a whole housefull of them? Do you think that's an extremely selfish choice that only harms the rest of the world and future generations? Why shouldn't we ban ...
Started by Rena Sherwood in June, about Population
use of technology at the level of genes.
Started by Indu M. last month, about Children and Families
History will always be littered with ideas that didn't quite make it. Here are a few green ones: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/11-green-technologies-that-vanished-like-a-thief-in-the-night/1656 Which green technologies are over-hyped? Which technologies do you think will make a *real* difference in the next two years?
Started by Peter D. in August, about Clean Technologies
According to Grist (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/29/83614/5859) Palin: - Opposed a statewide ballot initiative to prohibit or restrict new mining operations that could affect salmon in the state's streams and rivers - Has pushed to build a natural-gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope - Got the state legislature to pass a bill to ...
Started by Leslie B. in August, about Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Politics
I've just spent the weekend on a literary landscapes excursion in the Lake District of England. Wordsworth was the predominant focus and I found his expression of the value of pure natural experience to be illuminating. Here is one of my favorites, though apparently acknowledged to be one of his ...
Started by C Robb W. last month, about Education, Environment & Wildlife, Philosophy & Religion
I'm spending a lot of time on the road these days, and would really like to make the best of my time to learn more about environmental issues by listening to podcasts on my Mp3 player. Currently, I download podcasts from BBC Radio 4's environmental programmes and several other websites ...
Started by Shom Teoh last month, about Education
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