When I told her I wanted to brush up on my American history, my Mom gave me a picture book.
However, it's about as juvenile as Animal Farm. We Americans looks to be really cool - great historical images, poignant quotes from all sorts of people, and written in a style a twelve year old could pay attention to.
I may be posting some quotes in the future, we'll see.
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3.6.08
Ask, dear reader, and you shall receive..
By request from Mo, here's an explanation for my recent recipe blitz you may have noticed, as well as a quick review of the recipes themselves!
I'm moving to DC and am pretty sad to make the practical decision to leave some cookbooks behind. I'm lazy and I want to conserve paper (though not electricity.. doh), so I am not writing or copying my favorites - instead, I'm posting a smattering of recipes online for all to see.
(I'm not really sure what I'm going to do about viewing the recipes when I go to cook them, especially if I don't bring a computer with me! But I'll deal with that later.)
Most of the recipes I included are ones that I've either made or eaten and found quite yummy.
Going in reverse order, by book:
Nigella Lawson - Feast
Nigella's recipes are always fabulous. I altered Bang Bang Chicken so I could have my vegan way with it.. but you can use any kind of shredded meat for this and it'll be delicious. And it was definitely delicious, before I vegged out. Walnut crescents are a crumbly delight (and easy), and that Andy's Fairfield granola is finger-lickin good. It smells amazing when you open the oven to check on it and a cloud engulfs you.
Patricia Wells - Trattoria
I haven't made many of Patricia Wells' recipes, but I fell in love with Trattorias while traveling in Italy a few summers ago, so the theme of the book was perfect. The green risotto is amazing (as most risotto is), and it's easy to see how I veganified it, so you can just as easily reverse-engineer the thing. I like spinach and the spinaci saltati is probably yummy (and quick). I also like red beans so the Insalata di Borlotti bean salad appealed to me; the infusion with herbs, a technique which I've tried before, promises to work like magic to infuse some really good smells. Caponata is one of those Italian appetizers that is mysterious in its all-encompassing flavor - and it has marvelous texture and a variety of nutrients. I made this one recently and it gets a stamp of approval.
Claudia Roden - The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
I'm pretty sure I made the meaty version of the middle eastern dolma at one point (and Mo and Aileen had some), though it could have been the veggie. They are delightful little morsels but they take a lot of work. I love the use of the grape remnants - those durable leaves - and it's neat how the rice cooks and puffs up without being seen. Falafel is also quite possibly my favorite meal ever (in fast food form too!). I haven't made that recipe - I've only made them from a box mix. I have to, so that's kind of in the 'wish list.' I've made many hummuses [hummusi?], that recipe inclusive, and I did that baba ghanouj recently - they are oldies but goodies. More eggplants in the turkish recipe, because.. they're dark, they're smooth, and they make a mean meaty vegan meal. Bulgur is included because, though I haven't made that particular recipe (or did I?), you really can't fail with it. It's good to get a variety of grains in your diet, and it's so fast to cook because most of the cracking of the protein envelope has been done in grain processing.
Hilaire Walden - North African Cooking
I also haven't tried too many of the north African recipes. I love couscous, another quick-cooking grain, and dried apricots pair nicely in this kind of dish with almonds to flavorify your starch dish. My first real hookah bar, in Philly (shoutout to Merck interns who experienced it with me), introduced me to tagines - they are the traditional regional way to simmer meat, veggies, and rice together in a beautiful painted clay dish that resembles a wizard hat. So obviously the veggie tagine had to be included, though it is a wish-list type recipe. The grated carrot salad was approved by my meat-and-cake loving family, and it's really very good (though a little labor intensive if you don't break out the heavy machinery to do the grating).
Rawji and Suleman - Simply Indian
I like Indian food. Dating the desi way was a great way to be introduced to the authentic (home-cooked) thing as well as ubiquitous restaurant delicacies, but I would probably have discovered lentils anyway as a vegan. Spiced rice is simple, but don't be deceived - rice does a lovely job of taking up the flavors you expose it to. Massoor daal (small, red split lentils) cooks fast and gets nice and mushy so you don't have to chew it - serving it on some rice is probably ideal to soak up the sauce. Dal is just one of those essentials you have to know how to make. Channa daal (medium yellow lentils, split or not) is always tasty too, so I included it for variety. I have made both of these dals - and they do benefit from some mashing of the lentils, but sometimes that's easier said than done. I also like aloo gobi and potato curry, and have had them many times at restaurants, though I don't remember if I made either of those recipes before. I don't often make potatoes. But now that I have an indian recipe, I'm going to. Spinach and veggie curries are included for this reason: they are hearty, spicy, and fun - the huge list of spices you add gives the vegetables a hearty, unique aspect that you can't get if you only include one or two. Don't ever forget ginger or garlic if called for, and onions are usually a must. Also ,coconut milk does a great (vegan) job of making things sweet and thick.
I'm moving to DC and am pretty sad to make the practical decision to leave some cookbooks behind. I'm lazy and I want to conserve paper (though not electricity.. doh), so I am not writing or copying my favorites - instead, I'm posting a smattering of recipes online for all to see.
(I'm not really sure what I'm going to do about viewing the recipes when I go to cook them, especially if I don't bring a computer with me! But I'll deal with that later.)
Most of the recipes I included are ones that I've either made or eaten and found quite yummy.
Going in reverse order, by book:
Nigella Lawson - Feast
Nigella's recipes are always fabulous. I altered Bang Bang Chicken so I could have my vegan way with it.. but you can use any kind of shredded meat for this and it'll be delicious. And it was definitely delicious, before I vegged out. Walnut crescents are a crumbly delight (and easy), and that Andy's Fairfield granola is finger-lickin good. It smells amazing when you open the oven to check on it and a cloud engulfs you.
Patricia Wells - Trattoria
I haven't made many of Patricia Wells' recipes, but I fell in love with Trattorias while traveling in Italy a few summers ago, so the theme of the book was perfect. The green risotto is amazing (as most risotto is), and it's easy to see how I veganified it, so you can just as easily reverse-engineer the thing. I like spinach and the spinaci saltati is probably yummy (and quick). I also like red beans so the Insalata di Borlotti bean salad appealed to me; the infusion with herbs, a technique which I've tried before, promises to work like magic to infuse some really good smells. Caponata is one of those Italian appetizers that is mysterious in its all-encompassing flavor - and it has marvelous texture and a variety of nutrients. I made this one recently and it gets a stamp of approval.
Claudia Roden - The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
I'm pretty sure I made the meaty version of the middle eastern dolma at one point (and Mo and Aileen had some), though it could have been the veggie. They are delightful little morsels but they take a lot of work. I love the use of the grape remnants - those durable leaves - and it's neat how the rice cooks and puffs up without being seen. Falafel is also quite possibly my favorite meal ever (in fast food form too!). I haven't made that recipe - I've only made them from a box mix. I have to, so that's kind of in the 'wish list.' I've made many hummuses [hummusi?], that recipe inclusive, and I did that baba ghanouj recently - they are oldies but goodies. More eggplants in the turkish recipe, because.. they're dark, they're smooth, and they make a mean meaty vegan meal. Bulgur is included because, though I haven't made that particular recipe (or did I?), you really can't fail with it. It's good to get a variety of grains in your diet, and it's so fast to cook because most of the cracking of the protein envelope has been done in grain processing.
Hilaire Walden - North African Cooking
I also haven't tried too many of the north African recipes. I love couscous, another quick-cooking grain, and dried apricots pair nicely in this kind of dish with almonds to flavorify your starch dish. My first real hookah bar, in Philly (shoutout to Merck interns who experienced it with me), introduced me to tagines - they are the traditional regional way to simmer meat, veggies, and rice together in a beautiful painted clay dish that resembles a wizard hat. So obviously the veggie tagine had to be included, though it is a wish-list type recipe. The grated carrot salad was approved by my meat-and-cake loving family, and it's really very good (though a little labor intensive if you don't break out the heavy machinery to do the grating).
Rawji and Suleman - Simply Indian
I like Indian food. Dating the desi way was a great way to be introduced to the authentic (home-cooked) thing as well as ubiquitous restaurant delicacies, but I would probably have discovered lentils anyway as a vegan. Spiced rice is simple, but don't be deceived - rice does a lovely job of taking up the flavors you expose it to. Massoor daal (small, red split lentils) cooks fast and gets nice and mushy so you don't have to chew it - serving it on some rice is probably ideal to soak up the sauce. Dal is just one of those essentials you have to know how to make. Channa daal (medium yellow lentils, split or not) is always tasty too, so I included it for variety. I have made both of these dals - and they do benefit from some mashing of the lentils, but sometimes that's easier said than done. I also like aloo gobi and potato curry, and have had them many times at restaurants, though I don't remember if I made either of those recipes before. I don't often make potatoes. But now that I have an indian recipe, I'm going to. Spinach and veggie curries are included for this reason: they are hearty, spicy, and fun - the huge list of spices you add gives the vegetables a hearty, unique aspect that you can't get if you only include one or two. Don't ever forget ginger or garlic if called for, and onions are usually a must. Also ,coconut milk does a great (vegan) job of making things sweet and thick.
25.5.08
Gaviotas excerpt
On development:
While his polyglot father translated, Paolo [Lugari, creator of Gaviotas] concentrated as the tall priest [Lebret] posed a Socratic question to the others over the dessert brandy. "How," he asked, "can we define development?"Gaviotas is a wonderful book by Alan Weisman about a lifelong sustainable development project in Colombia involving many people, many auspicious ideas, with implications for the country and the world. I highly recommended it - an easy-to-read nonfiction book! It might even give you the urge to head out somewhere really remote and rough it like this bunch of innovators.
"By the amount of paved kilometers of road per citizen," suggested Lugari's uncle, Tomas Castrillon, then Colombia's Minister of Public Works. Lebret shook his head.
"By the number of hospital beds per capita," said the Minister of Health. No again.
Equally incorrect, evidently, were the treasury minister, who offered a ratio of gross domestic product divided by the population, and a director of Banco de la Republica, who proposed calculating the percentage of total wealth that a given society had invested in infrastructure.
"Development," Lebret finally told them, "means making people happy." Eyes snapped toward him. "Before you spend your money on roads and factories, you should first be sure that those are what your citizens really need."
23.2.08
Change and habit
The benefits of habit and regularity don't usually present themselves to me in a favorable light, but in the past few days, the ideas have snuck in and refused to budge.
Theoretical. In The Relaxation Response, Herbert Benson (M.D.) defines stress, in the context of hypertension, to be any necessary change in one's behaviors. So when subject to stress-inducing changes, a person becomes more likely to become ill: widows 12 times more likely to die than others their age. That's the old romantic (!) story about the remaining spouse dying of a broken heart - but now there's scientific proof?
So if change is a health risk, what's invigorating? Or is "vigor" dependent on the heart's ability to withstand an exciting strain - a little like the breathlessness of living to tell the story, be it from getting by in a new city, succeeding in a new job role, or completing a century on your road bike?
Personal. The women on my Mom's side of the family seem to regard themselves as doomed to repeat mistakes and unhealthy behavior - while admitting guilt (and sometimes even declaring it!). Have they capitulated to some concept of habit? Or does it have real sway? How to understand this without more years under my belt? Sometimes, I wonder about how much predilection for martyrdom the Catholic upbringing might have left behind to make it possible to condemn oneself knowingly, but this idea that a person isn't able to change seems simply ridiculous.
I believe: We are all capable of learning, and at any age. I appreciate more and more the continuing education centers run by colleges nationwide, and hope I'll be able to avail myself of them eventually.
New Year's resolutions are a common form of condoned change - so is habit why we often fail?
Honestly, I find an arbitrary date like Jan 1 to be a stupid one to choose for making a change that you're convinced is appropriate for you. If a person wants to make a change, they'll think about it and then take the plunge then. Waiting seems to increase disingenuousness - and hence failure. At least at ritualized attempts at change is a step toward taking life into your own hands, but I'd like to see people find a way to be successful instead of simply following a January fad and forgetting by Valentine's Day, when exercise plans are easily abandoned for some gourmet chocolates.
Back to habit again - should life be the alignment of one's normal activities with one's ideals until sufficiently satisfied .. and then bring on the calcification?
Life to me seems like an abundant buffet, expanding at [someone else's] will. The moment I choose a habit, do I deny that myriad of fragrant choices? I can't easily imagine turning a blind and forgetful eye to the multitude of interesting ideas, people, hobbies, etc. But neither can I imagine joy without discovery. Even if that discovery lies in appreciating what is already here to stay.
I can't draw a conclusion yet.
I'm suspicious that my self-imposed definitions are muddled - and that habit may not be exclusive of newness. In my own case, it seems a fusion may be called for. Maybe I'll be victim to my own ancestry eventually - so this may all be for naught! But, I'd like to think not.
Theoretical. In The Relaxation Response, Herbert Benson (M.D.) defines stress, in the context of hypertension, to be any necessary change in one's behaviors. So when subject to stress-inducing changes, a person becomes more likely to become ill: widows 12 times more likely to die than others their age. That's the old romantic (!) story about the remaining spouse dying of a broken heart - but now there's scientific proof?
So if change is a health risk, what's invigorating? Or is "vigor" dependent on the heart's ability to withstand an exciting strain - a little like the breathlessness of living to tell the story, be it from getting by in a new city, succeeding in a new job role, or completing a century on your road bike?
Personal. The women on my Mom's side of the family seem to regard themselves as doomed to repeat mistakes and unhealthy behavior - while admitting guilt (and sometimes even declaring it!). Have they capitulated to some concept of habit? Or does it have real sway? How to understand this without more years under my belt? Sometimes, I wonder about how much predilection for martyrdom the Catholic upbringing might have left behind to make it possible to condemn oneself knowingly, but this idea that a person isn't able to change seems simply ridiculous.
I believe: We are all capable of learning, and at any age. I appreciate more and more the continuing education centers run by colleges nationwide, and hope I'll be able to avail myself of them eventually.
New Year's resolutions are a common form of condoned change - so is habit why we often fail?
Honestly, I find an arbitrary date like Jan 1 to be a stupid one to choose for making a change that you're convinced is appropriate for you. If a person wants to make a change, they'll think about it and then take the plunge then. Waiting seems to increase disingenuousness - and hence failure. At least at ritualized attempts at change is a step toward taking life into your own hands, but I'd like to see people find a way to be successful instead of simply following a January fad and forgetting by Valentine's Day, when exercise plans are easily abandoned for some gourmet chocolates.
Back to habit again - should life be the alignment of one's normal activities with one's ideals until sufficiently satisfied .. and then bring on the calcification?
Life to me seems like an abundant buffet, expanding at [someone else's] will. The moment I choose a habit, do I deny that myriad of fragrant choices? I can't easily imagine turning a blind and forgetful eye to the multitude of interesting ideas, people, hobbies, etc. But neither can I imagine joy without discovery. Even if that discovery lies in appreciating what is already here to stay.
I can't draw a conclusion yet.
I'm suspicious that my self-imposed definitions are muddled - and that habit may not be exclusive of newness. In my own case, it seems a fusion may be called for. Maybe I'll be victim to my own ancestry eventually - so this may all be for naught! But, I'd like to think not.
22.2.08
Treasure hunting in the woods
Having just finished The Omnivore's Dilemma and recalling the excitement of the early days of garden-grown baby greens from The United States of Arugula, I have to say I find mushroom foraging pretty intriguing! Mushrooms have mysterious biology, but they're also the culinary version of treasure - highly valued, hidden and sought-after, and seemingly free for the taking.
Here's a website I want to check out more about foraging food for free (when I have the time! My reading to-do list is towering high above me at the moment): Wild Man Wild Food
Here's a website I want to check out more about foraging food for free (when I have the time! My reading to-do list is towering high above me at the moment): Wild Man Wild Food
29.11.07
Channeling that North American Alchemy
In A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design, Nancy Jack Todd whips up an amazing how-to/history on practical solutions to ecological and social imbalances, focusing on key biological details to the same degree that Affluenza focuses on the theory. The forces behind New Alchemy's gaian Ark-home cum greenhouse and industrial strength wind-powered pond-scrubber are convincingly identified as none less than healing powers of nature. How did they get there? The New Alchemy Institute members started by asking the question, "Was it possible to support Earth's population over time while protecting the natural world? And if so, how?" and conclude with an outlook of great hope that bodes extremely well for the you and I, assuming that such great ideas could amass the necessary will to broad scale action.
The greatest accomplishments of the holistic approach detailed in the book are often achieved in the context of a naysayers (who ranged from amused to desperate) through the tireless and continued efforts of an ever-growing community of scientists, artists, students, and children. The community approach was probably as integral to New Alchemy's success as was the vision of their leader (and the author's husband), John Todd. Also present as supporters of the Alchemy Farm in its beginnings were such idealogues as E.F. Schumacher and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who were both important for their work in the domain of philosophy of environment; at the Farm, these and all others who participated left their mark as a part of a beautiful synergy, much like the integrative work itself. Other books, like the Sierra Club's "Compost This Book!" impressed me with its practical and earth-friendly projects that solved challenging problems of equal ecological importance. However, New Alchemy leaves behind not just a nice mechanistic solution but an entire breathing biome, all its cycles restored and in harmony with living needs, including those of modern people.
Frightening fact: The World Health Organization estimates that 70 percent of cancers are caused by environmental factors. Cancer rates continue to rise despite Billions of dollars spent on research and treatment. Through ignorant or otherwise unintentional exposure to byproducts inherent in a corporate-controlled and economics-driven world, people are finally becoming a victim to what society has wrought. But Ocean Arks International, the contracting offshoot of New Alchemy's residual faith in natural efficiency, is working directly with these destructive entities and reclaiming unsightly waste pits as lush, abundant sanctuaries. They took stock of a sewage canal in crowded Fuzhou province and made it into a pond/walkway uniting bordering apartment communities, and they dared to transform the runoff from a Tyson, Inc. chicken farm into an energy-producing greenhouse replete with solar energy-storing fish tanks. No single person could have dreamed up the elegance of nature's own nutrient recycling program that drives these awesome solutions, but the Todd's have been imaginative enough to harness it for urgently necessary purposes. Their story comes to a close having learned and accomplished so much, and the timing is just right for renewed efforts by the next generation - yours and mine.
More Info:
John Todd's CNN Biography
John Todd and the New Alchemists on Design Outlaws
I'm happy to say my list of influential and important folks grows longer, along with great resources for further inquiry and exploration!
The greatest accomplishments of the holistic approach detailed in the book are often achieved in the context of a naysayers (who ranged from amused to desperate) through the tireless and continued efforts of an ever-growing community of scientists, artists, students, and children. The community approach was probably as integral to New Alchemy's success as was the vision of their leader (and the author's husband), John Todd. Also present as supporters of the Alchemy Farm in its beginnings were such idealogues as E.F. Schumacher and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who were both important for their work in the domain of philosophy of environment; at the Farm, these and all others who participated left their mark as a part of a beautiful synergy, much like the integrative work itself. Other books, like the Sierra Club's "Compost This Book!" impressed me with its practical and earth-friendly projects that solved challenging problems of equal ecological importance. However, New Alchemy leaves behind not just a nice mechanistic solution but an entire breathing biome, all its cycles restored and in harmony with living needs, including those of modern people.Frightening fact: The World Health Organization estimates that 70 percent of cancers are caused by environmental factors. Cancer rates continue to rise despite Billions of dollars spent on research and treatment. Through ignorant or otherwise unintentional exposure to byproducts inherent in a corporate-controlled and economics-driven world, people are finally becoming a victim to what society has wrought. But Ocean Arks International, the contracting offshoot of New Alchemy's residual faith in natural efficiency, is working directly with these destructive entities and reclaiming unsightly waste pits as lush, abundant sanctuaries. They took stock of a sewage canal in crowded Fuzhou province and made it into a pond/walkway uniting bordering apartment communities, and they dared to transform the runoff from a Tyson, Inc. chicken farm into an energy-producing greenhouse replete with solar energy-storing fish tanks. No single person could have dreamed up the elegance of nature's own nutrient recycling program that drives these awesome solutions, but the Todd's have been imaginative enough to harness it for urgently necessary purposes. Their story comes to a close having learned and accomplished so much, and the timing is just right for renewed efforts by the next generation - yours and mine.
More Info:
John Todd's CNN Biography
John Todd and the New Alchemists on Design Outlaws
I'm happy to say my list of influential and important folks grows longer, along with great resources for further inquiry and exploration!
31.10.07
Puzzles and Pursuits.. just don't call it sudoku.
Happy Hallowe'en! My glowing pumpkin...
and conceptually:
As you can see, I went for a somewhat nerdy theme with my pumpkin. Initially, it was to be the constellation Andromeda. I imagined what might have been the inspiration for the arrangement of stars and so drew up the princess, chained to the rocks where she was left as a sacrifice to the sea monster, Cetus. It was her mother's fault she was there - she had bragged that Andromeda's beauty eclipsed that of the immortal maidens of the sea, the Nereids, and Poseidon would have none of that. Andromeda, whose name means ruler or guardian over men, was rescued from the cliff by Zeus' son Perseus after he was finished beheading Medusa. He then married her, which probably pleased them both [and her bragging parents, too].
I think next time, a Gorillaz pumpkin might be in order.
And recently... I read patterns in coincidental events while simultaneously reducing deforestation. Amazing!
After returning from the library with armloads or totebag-fulls of books, I keep finding myself opening up books and finding they're published by Island Press. Coincidence? I'm starting to lean toward No. Maybe this is a cosmic nudge to actively seek out their books - the many quite poignant, well-written, relevant, AND contemporary ones they offer.
The ones I've looked into so far are:
- The Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs
- The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers of the 21st Century
- A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design
and conceptually:
As you can see, I went for a somewhat nerdy theme with my pumpkin. Initially, it was to be the constellation Andromeda. I imagined what might have been the inspiration for the arrangement of stars and so drew up the princess, chained to the rocks where she was left as a sacrifice to the sea monster, Cetus. It was her mother's fault she was there - she had bragged that Andromeda's beauty eclipsed that of the immortal maidens of the sea, the Nereids, and Poseidon would have none of that. Andromeda, whose name means ruler or guardian over men, was rescued from the cliff by Zeus' son Perseus after he was finished beheading Medusa. He then married her, which probably pleased them both [and her bragging parents, too].
I think next time, a Gorillaz pumpkin might be in order.
And recently... I read patterns in coincidental events while simultaneously reducing deforestation. Amazing!
After returning from the library with armloads or totebag-fulls of books, I keep finding myself opening up books and finding they're published by Island Press. Coincidence? I'm starting to lean toward No. Maybe this is a cosmic nudge to actively seek out their books - the many quite poignant, well-written, relevant, AND contemporary ones they offer.
The ones I've looked into so far are:
- The Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs
- The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers of the 21st Century
- A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design
7.10.07
A Progressive Extravaganza
The following is a non-exhaustive list of progressive organizations and entities (loosely categorized) I was, am, or could be interested in. I post it for two reasons:
a. I'm constantly misplacing the bits of paper I record them on, when they are recorded at all, and
b. because other people might be interested in them, too!
It also doesn't suit me to make my Launch Pad on the left much longer than it is now. I'll probably update this every so often.
In no particular order, other than the order they came to me:
Topics:
NY Times letters from Amory Lovins
Failure of the Appropriate Technology Movement [requires jstor access]
dcjobs.com, indeed.com, idealist.org, marylandjobnetwork.com, US Gov't Jobs
Movies/Documentaries:
Who Killed the Electric Car?,
The End of Suburbia
An Inconvenient Truth
Affluenza: The Epidemic of Overconsumption [recently added!]
Books:
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Affluenza
Not Buying It [recently added]
Organizations and Projects:
Maryland Conservation Corps [recently added]
The Post-Carbon Institute [recently added]
The Rocky Mountain Institute: Abundance by Design
The Society of Ecological Restoration
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
Redefining Progress
Design that Matters
International Development Enterprises
Engineers without Borders
Design Corps
KickStart: The Tools to End Poverty
Solar Electric Light Fund
Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore
Woods End Research Lab
The US Composting Council
Biodegradable Products Institute
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Design for the Other 90% Resources Page
Green Living, Natural Foods Links at Roots [recently added]
And here's a quote or two, just for fun:
"The new problems are not the consequences of incidental failure but of technological success."
Small is Beautiful
E.F. Schumacher
"In 1967, two-thirds of American college students said 'developing a meaningful philosophy of life' was 'very important' to them, while fewer than one-third said the same thing about 'making a lot of money.' By 1997, those figures were reversed."
Affluenza by De Graaf, Wann, and Naylor
and The Post-Corporate World, David Korten
a. I'm constantly misplacing the bits of paper I record them on, when they are recorded at all, and
b. because other people might be interested in them, too!
It also doesn't suit me to make my Launch Pad on the left much longer than it is now. I'll probably update this every so often.
In no particular order, other than the order they came to me:
Topics:
NY Times letters from Amory Lovins
Failure of the Appropriate Technology Movement [requires jstor access]
dcjobs.com, indeed.com, idealist.org, marylandjobnetwork.com, US Gov't Jobs
Movies/Documentaries:
Who Killed the Electric Car?,
The End of Suburbia
An Inconvenient Truth
Affluenza: The Epidemic of Overconsumption [recently added!]
Books:
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Affluenza
Not Buying It [recently added]
Organizations and Projects:
Maryland Conservation Corps [recently added]
The Post-Carbon Institute [recently added]
The Rocky Mountain Institute: Abundance by Design
The Society of Ecological Restoration
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
Redefining Progress
Design that Matters
International Development Enterprises
Engineers without Borders
Design Corps
KickStart: The Tools to End Poverty
Solar Electric Light Fund
Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore
Woods End Research Lab
The US Composting Council
Biodegradable Products Institute
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Design for the Other 90% Resources Page
Green Living, Natural Foods Links at Roots [recently added]
And here's a quote or two, just for fun:
"The new problems are not the consequences of incidental failure but of technological success."
Small is Beautiful
E.F. Schumacher
"In 1967, two-thirds of American college students said 'developing a meaningful philosophy of life' was 'very important' to them, while fewer than one-third said the same thing about 'making a lot of money.' By 1997, those figures were reversed."
Affluenza by De Graaf, Wann, and Naylor
and The Post-Corporate World, David Korten
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