09 May 2014 The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Where a human being can learn with certainty that there are other animal-beings that only fear…
BUILDING To collapse
BUILDING To collapse (Un)sustainability is like a House of Cards: one card, just too many, and then… Fwoosh! All tumbles down. Centuries ago, a known…
Lacandon Jungle: After a visit, it makes me ask if we humans are in a perpetual war with life.
27 August 2013 I just returned from a visit to the Selva Lacandona (Lacandon Jungle), which is located in south-east Chiapas, México. It was truly “hermoso” (stunningly…
Human life is not Life Itself
This past week I read an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, which spoke to the recent floods in Alberta and…
Silence of sustainability
Silence of sustainability. In a world of chatter, Silence speaks volumes when reflected in action: including for sustainability.
Technological Revolution: The New God
18/04/12 (update) From last weekend’s Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto, Canada (14 April 2012), I read this column speaking to David Suzuki and environmentalism:…
Albert Einstein and Thomas Berry on Sustainability: The Interconnectivity of us all.
Albert Einstein and Thomas Berry on Sustainability: The Interconnectivity of us all. November 2009 I am back! That is, after a couple of month’s absence…
A false dichotomy for Sustainable Development: A choice between economics or the environment.
A false dichotomy for Sustainable Development: A choice between economics or the environment. This month’s blog-spot offers a context, poses a question for our collective…
Sustainable Development and Interconnexions
Sustainable Development and Interconnexions Albert Einstein said: A human being is part of a whole, called by us the “Universe”, a part limited in time…
Sustainable Development: Earth Nationalism
Sustainable Development: Earth Nationalism This month of May annually commemorates Cinco de Mayo, a nationalistic holiday in México which marks the Mexican military victory at…