Asceticism required? Or, just constraint
In a recent article published in a newly found source, AdBusters (about), asceticism was introduced in a new format – mental, not physical, to live a more balanced life. This post is highly related and correlated with an earlier post on AdBusters – “Taking Degrowth Seriously“. I strongly believe like this second post, however, that…
Non-binary choices create solutions
Too often environmental decisions are pitched and framed within a binary construct – an either / or. What if that framing was disingenuous or a simple error in trying too hard to simplify things that are not simple. Take ocean-going big ships. They are essential to move goods and commodities around the world from where…
Micro-plastics in human blood system – will kill ya!
Do we have your attention now? I wondered in a more cynical moment if the recent discovery of micro-plastics within a reported material proportion of human population will actually prompt people to change behavior wrt plastics. Now that micro-plastics can kill them individually and directly rather than indirectly via environment destruction, will they notice, will…
Metaphors’ power to save the earth
In a recently published academic paper that I cannot now find nor fully remember, the author focused on the metaphor change from “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”. They asserted that that simple metaphor change was introduced initially as a compromise to “deniers”; that metaphor change, either intentionally or not, reduced angst, urgency and sadly, human…
Pollution impact on nighttime pollinators
Anthropocene just posted a summary of a research study published in Science, “Olfaction in the Anthropocene: NO3 negatively affects floral scent and nocturnal pollination.” Science. Feb. 8, 2024. This goes along with other posts on animal perception (and human’s inability to do same), as well as looking at unintended consequences from human actions – part of…