Love Letter to Bernie

“We want this time to be different. Let’s build something real together. Let’s make not just a political revolution, but a social and economic revolution by building not just a campaign for president, but a lasting movement. “We thought of four ways that our relationship could go to the next level:”

Ecoshamanism: Understanding Why Shamanism

“In this it serves as shock therapy for students who have grown up with the unexamined belief that modern science is the only true path to knowledge. They have been taught that the scientific method is of a different order from all other human systems of understanding. The claim is that science, and only science,…

10 Days of Christmas Awareness (Day 4, 5 & 6)

The Ten Days of Christmas Awareness, a collaboration by Deep Green Resistance (the book, not the group), and me; a primer on the integral, intersectional nature of existence with particular emphasis on this time, now. “The media report on these crises as though they are all separate issues. They are not. They are inextricably entangled…

10 Days of Christmas Awareness (Day 3)

They are nonlinear, and sometimes runaway or self-sustaining. The Ten Days of Christmas Awareness, a collaboration by Deep Green Resistance (the book, not the group), and me; a primer on the integral, intersectional nature of existence with particular emphasis on this time, now. “The media report on these crises as though they are all separate…

10 Days of Christmas Awareness (Day 2)

They are rapid but not instant.   The Ten Days of Christmas Awareness, a collaboration by Deep Green Resistance (the book, not the group), and me; a primer on the integral, intersectional nature of existence with particular emphasis on this time, now. “The media report on these crises as though they are all separate issues.…

10 Days of Christmas Awareness (Day 1)

They are progressive, not probabilistic. The Ten Days of Christmas Awareness, a collaboration by Deep Green Resistance (the book, not the group), and me; a primer on the integral, intersectional nature of existence with particular emphasis on this time, now. “The media report on these crises as though they are all separate issues. They are…

Thanksgiving’s Hidden Heart

“It was believed that by giving there would be enough for all—the exact opposite of the system we live in now, which is based on selling, not giving…. “…In stories told by the Dakota people, an evil person always keeps his or her heart in a secret place separate from the body. The hero must…

The Little that’s Left

War and its fiendish, capitalistic bedfellows is a scourge on humanity and the planet. If you have been inculcated with fear and claim to just want to protect Americans, realize it doesn’t work because it is destroying the living planet. We need genuine progressive thought and action because conventional thought is leading us down the…

Justice?

Is it really climate justice that we ought to be pursuing; social, economic and environmental justice, as well as peace, or do these things emerge from a genuinely sustainable, mutually-beneficial human presence on the planet? Does not injustice flow from a fear perspective; a spiritual orientation representing the unintegrated, dominant perception of separateness all of…