Many moons ago in a galaxy far, far away …. I taught at a New England Environmental / Outdoor school. Students between grades 4 and 8 would come on Monday and leave on Friday – all the while sleeping in church camp dormitories and eating in the large mess hall, and learning about ecology during…
Mongabay published a third article in a series of 3 about protected areas in East Africa on Fences. I’ve posted on fences and thought the topic fading away into the embers of ‘don’t care anymore’. (Fences 1, Fences 2) Mongabay’s piece goes through elephants and lions in greater depth. The key element seems captured in…
I am struggling with a Nirvana paradox. If I approach cravings (thirst or tanha) as a buddhist, I want to gradually via the Middle Way and meditative practices eliminate them all. But isn’t the striving for nirvana (the extinction of tanha) also a craving or ‘thirst’ (tanha)? I end up having a thirst for Nirvana…
While philosophers have argued long on differentiating a human brain from a human mind, I find it tiresome – and difficult without adding terms like consciousness and soul. Like a self-congratulatory exercise that has no function other than distract you from more important work – living better. I recently stumbled on both a mindfulness practice…
Sometimes a book gets read and then fades away … very little impact other than enjoying a good story. Sometimes a book gets read and not only makes an impact for days or weeks, but actually changes the way I think – re-organizes my mental models. That’s this book – a new Great Book to…
After the recent article and post on Sudan’s food insecurity and humanitarian crisis, another article focused on agricultural solutions in Africa hit today. This article from The Conversation about the book, Decolonising African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation, by William G. Moseley. The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in…
