Tag Archives: the environment

Earth at the crossroads

I’ve written before about how I’ve been an environmentalist for most of my life. The idea of keeping Earth’s natural environment in as pristine and thriving a condition as possible has always been important to me, and over the years … Continue reading

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Who Owns the Sky? by Peter Barnes

Who Owns the Sky?: Our Common Assets And The Future Of Capitalism by Peter Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars A short, vigorous, and persuasive argument for saving Earth from global warming by converting the atmosphere into a legally … Continue reading

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what I’m up to: reading The Republic again

How time slips away. When I launched this website 2 years ago, I intended to post often; indeed I intended it to be a kind of online record of the thoughts that right now I still keep mostly in word-processing … Continue reading

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The Politics of the Earth by John S. Dryzek

The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses by John Dryzek My rating: 4 of 5 stars This well-organized book, in cataloguing the different ways in which people think about the environment, shows why so many environmentalists talk at cross-purposes. I … Continue reading

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Capitalism 3.0 by Peter Barnes

Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons by Peter Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars You don’t need to accept all of the author’s left-wing enthusiasms in order to embrace his central idea, which may very well be … Continue reading

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The Commonwealth of Life by Peter G. Brown

The Commonwealth of Life: Economics for a Flourishing Earth by Peter G. Brown My rating: 4 of 5 stars An inspiring vision is presented in a technical and academic work that contains some possibly troubling implications. In January 2008 I … Continue reading

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The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman My rating: 3 of 5 stars This vivid, well-written book leaves one hungry for more of its title topic. I seem to recall first seeing this book advertised and perhaps recommended in Scientific … Continue reading

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the Commonwealth of Life

Over today’s lunch of cold leftover pizza (vegetarian, hold the pineapple, but argh the pineapple came anyway) I browsed through the fall 2012 issue of Finding Solutions, the newsletter of the David Suzuki Foundation. Dr. Suzuki himself always writes a … Continue reading

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Paul buys a book

Certain recurring questions crop up in my mind and my life. When a question arises, I tend to spend some effort trying to investigate it, and do this until the next question arises, at which time my attention turns to … Continue reading

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