I am socially inept. This is neither condemnation nor boast. You can confirm it with anyone who knows me. On most days, I am completely at peace with this fact, but there are times in which being an introvert is a major liability. I am not a good activist because I don’t fundamentally like talking to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
27 Apr
The art of the green compromise
As a hobby, pottery sounds pretty old school and traditional. Like organic agriculture, hand-weaving, and compost heaps, it’s been around for centuries. What could be more low impact and earthy than a craft centered around mud? A whole lot. Here’s the wheel I use: it’s a Brent electric wheel, and it has horsepower. Horsepower. Like the other [...]
20 Jan
Lessons from the cat about being green
Lynn from Upcycled Love recently posted an entry on what her cat Smokey has taught her about personal connections, and it made me think: non-human animals teach us a lot we’ve forgotten on the long road to opposable thumbs and so-called higher intelligence. And when it comes to low impact living, even your average spoiled [...]
5 Nov
Fixing Our Material-Driven Economy
(Just file this post under the category ‘We’re doomed.’ Seriously. I just created it and moved all posts that included either the phrase ‘We’re screwed’ or ‘We’re doomed’ into it.) Last week, my local radio station’s morning show was about superpowers. If you could choose one, what would it be? I started fantasizing about being able to [...]
26 Sep
The Sustainability Thought Experiment
This post is an idea that formed at the intersection of two unconnected thoughts. The first came from a dialogue with some animal rights vegans, which led me to realize that I will never be an animal rights activist. While I think the baseline for all our interactions with other animals should be respect and appreciation, sustainability comes first for [...]
