Archive for January, 2011

Jan 26 2011

4 Reasons Why “Progress” Isn’t Always Progress

While there have been certain social milestones made in the last two centuries when it comes to human social progress, other forms of economic or technological progress hasn’t all been good.

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Jan 13 2011

“Peak Oil Meets the H.O.A”

A funny 6-minute cartoon. Sally tries to explain to her neighbor Frank why she’s keeping chickens and converting her suburban backyard to food production.

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Jan 05 2011

Listening to Nature…for a Change

In winter, since we don’t spend as much time outdoors, we really cut ourselves off from the sights and (particularly) the sounds of nature. All we listen to most of the time are sounds that come from machines or other humans: the hum of the computer, the blare of television, the rumble of a car motor, the chatter of a co-worker.

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