Or maybe not. Many people who care about environmentalism, get caught up a great deal in thinking about how they consume, and changing their consumer habits.

That's good, but it's not enough.

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Life in Little Texas

by: Miep

Mon Aug 23, 2010 at 00:04:40 AM EDT

This is a crosspost mix from this on La Vida Locavore.

First, the Photos!

Some images from my place, taken between last winter and this July.

April iris at dawn

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Change

by: Miep

Tue Aug 03, 2010 at 07:43:10 AM EDT

Sometimes a person can be so used to being abused, that she just expects it.

Not getting what one expects under such circumstances, is revolutionary.

That can happen. It can.

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Why Cities?

I've just gotten into reading Derrick Jensen's two-volume sociological treatise "Endgame," published in 2006 by Seven Stories Press. I'm already deeply impressed, and he hits early on at a theme that I've always felt strongly about.

Crossposted from wherever.

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Worse Than The Rainforests

by: Miep

Fri Jul 30, 2010 at 01:57:01 AM EDT

Are our oceans dying? Phytoplankton has declined 40% in 60 years as figures reveal Earth has been getting hotter since the Eighties

Daily Mail
Today

Microscopic marine algae which form the basis of the ocean food chain are dying at a terrifying rate, scientists said today.
Phytoplankton, described as the 'fuel' on which marine ecosystems run, are experiencing declines of about 1 per cent of the average total a year.
According to the researchers from Dalhousie University in Canada the annual falls translate to a 40 per cent drop in phytoplankton since 1950.

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Thoughts on Corners

by: Miep

Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 03:34:05 AM EDT

I do like living with other people. I think there has to be some space, though. I think I'd like a village where there was a central group of buildings for community things (like cooking, working with processing agricultural products, hosting guests, parties, art venues, hospitals)

(crossposted from here and there)

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The Entire World

by: Miep

Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 00:36:38 AM EDT

Got into a poem-writing mode tonight.

Crossposted from here

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Pretty Bird Woman House

by: Miep

Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 23:21:38 PM EDT

Inspired by a co-blogger here.

Pretty Bird Woman House supports a woman's shelter on the Standing Rock Reservation.

Pretty Bird Woman House
P.O. Box 596
McLaughlin, SD 57642

They are a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization.

Jackie Brown Otter created The Pretty Bird Woman House after the brutal rape and murder of her sister, whose Lakota name means Pretty Bird Woman.
PBWH provides emergency shelter and advocacy support for women on the Standing Rock reservation who have been victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. It opened on January 5, 2005.

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Media Quotes regarding latest Wikileaks Afghanistan releases

by: Miep

Mon Jul 26, 2010 at 23:40:59 PM EDT

Julian Assange: the hacker who created WikiLeaks

Christian Science Monitor

Assange described his organization to The New Yorker as "scientific journalism," comparing it to biology researchers publishing their data sets along with their papers. In recapping a talk by Assange at London's Center for Investigative Journalism earlier this month, a reporter for the British newspaper The Guardian cheekily pointed out that "if Assange was producing this article, he would post the rambling hour-and-a-half talk he delivers" instead of quoting from it.
"Journalism should be more like science," Assange told The Guardian. "As far as possible, facts should be verifiable."

(crossposted from The Free Speech Zone)

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Stylish Bicycle Outlaws

by: Miep

Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 00:54:45 AM EDT

Crossposted from Free Speech Zone and Right of Assembly.

Robber Dresses as Darth Vader during Bank Robbery

In New York, detectives are on the hunt for a robber who used "the Force," to storm an East End bank.
Detectives say the suspect was wearing a Darth Vader mask and black cape in Thursday's hold up.
Detectives say the robber also displayed a show of force, brandishing a handgun instead of a light saber.
The teller complied with the robber's demands, handing over an undisclosed amount of cash.
The Darth Bandit, as he's being called, was last seen fleeing on a bicycle in his Star Wars costume and camouflage pants.

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One Guantanamo War Crime: Final Chapter

by: Miep

Fri Jul 23, 2010 at 04:23:59 AM EDT

geomoo is one of my very favorite bloggers on Daily Kos. Really right on guy.

This letter is from my ex-wife Doris Tennant and her partner Ellen Lubell, pro bono attorneys for one victim of the United States War on Terror whom I've mentioned before here and here and here and here. Their long dutiful service for this Guantanamo detainee is likely over now, as they did all they could within the illegal constraints almost arbitrarily established by the Bush administration and largely continued with President Obama. Please don't argue about Obama. Tonight is a night for tears. This is a very sad end to the war crimes of the United States of America as committed toward Abdul Aziz Naji.

(This is from geomoo on Daily Kos. DK has a caveat at the page bottom:)

"Site content may be used for any purpose without
explicit permission unless otherwise specified."

So I'm reprinting the whole thing. I will let geomoo know where I republish it, and if he has any problems I can delete the crossposts, but I doubt he will.

The link to the DK article is here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/...

You'll have to look at the original article to get the embedded links and paragraph breaks.

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Bad Gossip Drives Out Good, or The Perils of Sharing

by: Miep

Fri Jul 23, 2010 at 03:25:23 AM EDT

The Web Means the End of Forgetting

by Jeffrey Rosen
NYT July 19

Really interesting article about the social and legal ramifications of personal data storage on the Internet, and how technology - and society - might evolve to soften the privacy impacts of bad personal decision-making.

(cross-posted from Right of Assembly)

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