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You’re Not Trying Hard Enough: Animal Protection and Conservation Are Completely Compatible
Posted on November 28, 2008 by zoeweil
In E Magazine’s “The Greenie Wars: When Green Groups Clash, It Leaves an Environmental Impact” author Joanne Isaac discusses the conflicts that arise between animal protection advocates and conservation advocates. According to the article animal advocates strive to protect individual animals from harm, exploitation, and unnecessary death, whereas conservationists strive to protect species and habitats, [...]
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Humane Education is the Answer to the Consumerism/Population Paradox…And to So Much More!
Posted on November 26, 2008 by zoeweil
At Bioneers I attended a talk by Annie Leonard (creator of The Story of Stuff) and Andy Revkin (New York Times reporter and author of the blog Dot Earth). Annie and Andy offered a presentation titled, “How Many? How Much?” about consumerism and population, and after their (excellent) talks, they opened for questions. There were [...]
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To Bear Reality, We Must Cultivate Joy, Connection, Compassion
Posted on November 24, 2008 by zoeweil
T.S. Eliot once wrote, “Humankind cannot bear much reality.” In today’s world, threatened as it is by global climate change, human overpopulation, massive extinctions, fresh water depletion, toxic waste, and replete with escalating worldwide slavery, brutal institutionalized animal cruelty, human starvation and many more problems, it’s no wonder we can’t bear much reality. In our [...]
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Presidential Climate Action Plan Exemplifies What We Need for Systemic Change
Posted on November 21, 2008 by zoeweil
In a few months, a new president will take office and face challenges we haven’t seen since Franklin Roosevelt became president. In particular, this president will be faced with a financial crisis, an environmental crisis, an energy crisis, a fresh water crisis, an educational crisis, and a national security crisis, not to mention a host [...]
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It’s Time for a Radical Shift
Posted on November 19, 2008 by zoeweil
Fritjof Capra, physicist, systems thinker, innovative writer, professor, and environmental educator, said this at Bioneers: “Solutions require a radical shift in our perceptions, thinking, and values.” I agree. So how do we create this shift? Embedded as we are in dysfunctional and outdated systems that have influenced our perceptions, thinking, and, to an astonishing degree, [...]
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Perfect is the Enemy of Good
Posted on November 17, 2008 by zoeweil
Voltaire once wrote “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” The most common translation is “Perfect is the enemy of good.” For many months I struggled with the title of my upcoming book, Most Good, Least Harm. After reading the fantastic books Cradle to Cradle and Break Through, I found myself wanting to avoid environmentalism’s (often [...]
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Students Should Graduate With Financial Literacy and More
Posted on November 14, 2008 by zoeweil
In an interesting series of online articles in Edutopia, the case is made for education that results in financial literacy. I fully agree. I believe that one of the contributing factors to our current economic collapse is a failure to educate for financial literacy. While we’ve all been schooled in math, science, literature, and social [...]
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Prop 8 and Prop 2: It’s Not an Either/Or Issue
Posted on November 12, 2008 by zoeweil
On election day, there were two propositions on the California ballot that would grant or remove rights to historically oppressed groups. Prop 2, if passed, called for more space for chickens, pigs, and calves in California agricultural facilities. Prop 8, if rejected, would uphold the recent California law granting gay and lesbian couples the right [...]
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