In Nation magazine, political commentator John Nichols, in an editorial titled “The Mess We’re In,” writes that “the Democrats must bring clarity to a chaotic national discourse that Republicans are gleefully disrupting…” Yes, except we’re all sick with disabling Omicron – may not kill you... Continue
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Richard Heinberg, a recognized authority on energy, has just published a new book called Power, which he defines as, well, energy. He spoke before a receptive group at PraxisPeace, in one of a series of zoom talks put together by director Georgia Kelly under the... Continue
It turns out that the path toward the UN Food Summit was littered with clues that a “corporate capture” of the United Nations was indeed in progress. In June, 2019, UN Deputy General Amina Mohammed signed, under the beaming countenance of Antonio Guterres, and the... Continue
By Stephanie Hiller The United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) that wrapped up its flashy tents at the end of September was a masquerade, a thin porridge where a real meal was urgently called for, serving up in bold colors the dramatic conflict between family... Continue
The biggest secret ever revealed was when the U.S. began the two billion dollar, two-year Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. And the biggest lie was when Truman got on national radio to announce that this marvelous invention had been dropped on “Hiroshima, a... Continue
Conferences are something of a show, a stage for grandstanding of one sort or another, and putting on a good face. The real work takes place backstage, where connections are made, and more intimate conversations may take place. In this day of zoom communications, there... Continue
Since the pandemic we’ve been hearing more about “systems change,” a concept that has been floated ever since the advent of systems theory (a la Fritjof Capra et. al.) Systems theory describes the natural world as a system applicable to social systems as well. Clearly... Continue
It’s a Very Wicked problem. Have we said that here already? It’s worth repeating. According to the scholars from the Environmental Humanities Working Group at Stony Brook University, climate change is a “wicked problem” because It avoids straightforward articulation and is impossible to solve in a... Continue
After a year in and out of quarantine, we have emerged, like a latter-day Rip Van Winkle, into the light of day, scratching our heads and wondering what was that dream we were having, of a new way of life emerging from the prolonged miasma... Continue
Sonoma County held a virtual Town Hall on Climate April 6, picking up where we left off, said our District 1 Supervisor, Susan Gorin, when our lives were so rudely interrupted by the pandemic. She was “excited”, she said, to move climate change to the... Continue