Category: Our Present Culture
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Climate Silence
End climate silence: The most important thing you can do to fight global warming Although I am a Canadian, not an American, the statistics of this article and the recommendations of this article likely apply to my country also. Global warming is an international issue, and it is also a moral issue — our failure to…
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Living In Vancouver
Vancouver is proving to be an interesting city within which to live in the era of global warming and its challenges. As noted in Metro Vancouver: competing visions fight for the city’s soul, the global fossil fuel industry wants to develop Vancouver as a major shipping port for exportation of fossil fuel products: expansion of…
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The Climate Mobilization Pledge
We are at war, and we are losing! (Bill McKibben, 2016 Sep 6) I’ve indicated previously that I have joined The Climate Mobilization (TCM). What follows is the pledge I am making as part of this process. I’ve joined TCM because I strongly believe that our civilization is on a suicide course regarding Climate Change,…
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Reflections on Hope, Part 2
In the last post, I reviewed the negative forces that I believe impact the likelihood of catastrophe as the outcome of global warming. I want now to reflect on the positives concerning my hope for a mature culture. As stated, I strongly believe that, if we are to survive as a species, we must more…
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Reflections on Hope
I want now to reflect on my hope for a mature culture. For more than twenty postings, I have suggested my ideas for a mature culture, not as a blueprint, but as a point of discussion. I strongly believe that, if we are to survive as a species, we must more towards maturity; we must…
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The Nature of Power, Part 2
Much of this post, as with part 1, is a precis of The Parable Of The Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution by Andrew Schmookler (1984). For me, the book is a brilliant summary of our current cultural stuckness. If an expanding society willingly stops where its growth would infringe on others, it…
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The Nature of Power, Part 1
I’m going to continue with how I ended the last post — the need to manage power. I believe it is essential to do so. I also believe that the book The Parable Of The Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution (Andrew Schmookler, 1984) provides brilliant insight into the nature of power. I…
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We Are At War
Bill McKibben of 350.org has now named the issue. In a New Republic article, A World At War, he leads with “We’re under attack from climate change — and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.” The article is worth reading in its entirety, and there is a summary on Common…
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Worse Than We Thought
As indicated previously, I am now promoting The Climate Mobilization — largely because my take on the climate issues is that we are no longer near the edge of disaster — we are starting to fall over the edge! Here are a few recent articles that are very pertinent for me: Past presents warning on…
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Acedia and Evil
I’ve been reading some of the articles accessible through The Climate Mobilization website, especially those concerning what we are now learning about the risks of global warming, even at our current level. It is so much worse than I thought! And I regard myself as well-informed in this area. For me, the issues are so…
Awakening From Your Anger 