- "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it’s that I have greater respect for justice. Where there is a conflict between the law and the higher moral code that we all share, my loyalty is to that higher moral code."
Tim DeChristopher
“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
Walt Whitman
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Tag Archives: Ecology
Cavemen cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons.
“We have set in motion an industrial machine of such complexity and such dependence on expansion that we do not know how to make do with less or move to a steady state in terms of our demands on nature. We have failed to control human numbers. They have tripled in my lifetime. And the problem is made much worse by the widening gap between rich and poor, the upward concentration of wealth, which ensures there can never be enough … Continue reading
A Tiny Step In The Right Direction
BP confirmed it is close to agreeing a deal over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster with the US Department of Justice and is expected to plead guilty to criminal misconduct through a plea agreement, according to two sources familiar with discussions. The sources, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said BP would plead guilty in exchange for a waiver of future prosecution. BP said on Thursday: “No final agreements have yet been reached and any resolutions, if agreed, would … Continue reading
Excerpts From An Interview With Alf Hornborg
Alf Hornborg is a professor in the department of Human Ecology at Lund University, Sweden. The following excerpts are from an interview published at the blog Kick It Over. Hornborg’s views deserve to be considered and discussed widely. “If ecologists look at the biosphere as if there were no human societies in it, and economists look at societies as if they didn’t depend on the biosphere, none of them will know how to handle things like climate change. As long … Continue reading
Economics Is Pseudo-Science And It’s Killing Us All
“Economists say, if you clear-cut the forests and put [the money] in the bank, you could make 6 or 7 percent. If you cut down the forests and put it into Malaysia or Papua New Guinea, you could make 30 or 40 percent. So, who cares whether you keep the forest, cut it down [and] put the money somewhere else! When those forests are gone, put it in fish; when the fish are gone, put it in computers. Money doesn’t … Continue reading
Industrial Agriculture Is No Longer An Option
I’ve been thinking a lot about food lately;how we grow it, how we waste it, and why so many are hungry while so many others are obviously over-fed. If anything is obvious it’s this: industrial agriculture is killing not only the human race, but the planet as a whole. This morning I found an article written by Dr. Vandana Shiva, the founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, posted at Al-Jazeera. I’ve selected a few excerpts to re-post … Continue reading
