We have roofrats! OK, not really. The new landlords decided we need a new roof, so they informed us late Saturday night via email that…
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“Feminism & the Mastery of Nature” by Val Plumwood
This is an astonishingly “chewy” book! I’m impressed, as well as greatly enjoying Plumwood’s fascinatingly erudite, logical — and yet, I feel, still thoughtfully spiritual…
Continue Reading“Unbowed: A Memoir” by Wangari Maathai, pt. 2
Being a child of the US, I’ve only seen online, rather than face-to-face, the types of deeply vicious and misogynistic attacks which Maathai describes: [C]ertain…
Continue Reading“Unbowed: A Memoir” by Wangari Maathai, pt. 1
There is a phrase that’s apparently become popular on Twitter conversations where someone wishes to point out unconscious privilege: they state that the issue under…
Continue ReadingAdvanced Research Methodologies journaling
I dedicated most of this week to (amongst other things) catching up on the readings for this class, so I could start on the required…
Continue ReadingMore ecofeminism thoughts
I think what has astonished me the most this week is how (sometimes unwittingly?) destructive humans are. I had time to muse on this as…
Continue ReadingWhat is Community? part 4: Lupin Lodge
I’ve written several posts now on Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti, and his vision of cities as mostly-self-sufficient, compact communities instead of sprawling and isolating urban blights…
Continue ReadingWhat is Community? part 3: Soleri’s definitions
So does CoH qualify as a community? Does Arcosanti as it stands today, or Lupin Lodge? Paolo Soleri (who is still alive, though I speak…
Continue ReadingWhat is Community? part 2: City of Heroes
What causes a feeling of community? What creates a coherent sub-culture? Both my housemates play on the on-line multiple-player game City of Heroes, which is…
Continue ReadingPlanning the Natural Yard
Okay, this posting is going to be a not-so-quick recap of stuff I want to keep track of for my yard work, and I’ll keep…
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