An article in “The Conversation” from earlier this year highlighted several key issues with consumer waste (and pollution). At first, the article seemed straightforward and simple with this headline. Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste The Conversation Plastic consumer waste a real problem The…
Ars Technica published a short article on Corvid memory linking a recent research article published in Nature. The Ars Technica post was titled: Corvids seem to handle temporary memories the way we do. Which goes toward an early post about humans not fully understanding the perception capabilities (and connected mental / physical activities) of different…
A recent book, In the Eye of the Wild by Nastassja Martin, her experience with a bear in the far north as an anthropologist and amazingly courageous and compassionate human being is worth all the time it takes to read (maybe even 2x). Her compassionate and shamanistic experiences with the wild and humans were well…
When was the last time in a corporate strategy review meeting, or a government agency 30 year plan, when somebody said: “Remember, those either are or will be REAL humans behind those spreadsheet numbers. Not abstractions.” Climate changes impact life – hard to disagree. Reports and projections both fanciful and scientific are thrown around, disputed,…
Few if any rational, informed human on today’s earth will disagree that our waste-producing practices are negatively impacting our earth. Ocean plastic (UN), contaminated water (Guardian and Consumer Reports), dirty air (WHO), and littered streets tell a sad tale – not even mentioning the micro-elements and forever chemicals (The Conversation) found in every corner of…
