I received this article over email recently, and I want to share it with the Earthsky community:
THE WAKING UP SYNDROME
by Sarah Anne Edwards and Linda Buzzell
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” - T. S. Eliot
Just dealing with our daily lives keeps most of us too busy to worry about whether or not the sky is […]
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The waking up syndrome
Published April 28th, 2008 in Attitudes, Psychology, Change, Faith, Mental health, Education, Life, Environment, Health, Human World, Innovation, Body and Mind, Trends, Ideas and Uncategorized. 1 CommentDid you know? shift happens!
Published April 5th, 2008 in Invention, Change, Education, Evolving planet, Future, Technology, Attitudes, Electronic devices, Innovation, Earth, Ideas, Trends, Computers and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsWhen EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd told me recently that college kids today are being prepared for jobs that haven’t even been invented when they started college, and how many college graduates there are each year (as represented in the image), we both stared auspiciously into our respective bowls of posole at a local Mexican restaurant and […]
Whole Foods to quit plastic bags. need I say more?
Published February 15th, 2008 in Attitudes, groceries, Food, Ecosystems, Environment, Innovation, Plants and Uncategorized. 13 CommentsMany of you have already heard this news, but it is news to me. I checked on the web, and it’s absolutely true.
Whole Foods is going to quit using plastic bags to send groceries on their way.
I think this is good news.
What have you changed your mind about…and why?
Published January 11th, 2008 in World Thinking Center, Philosophy, Faith, Change, Attitudes, Body & Mind, Ideas, Mind and Uncategorized. 3 CommentsI ran across a very interesting item on the Internet recently, and I want to share it. Edge dot org calls itself The World Question Center, and presents many prominent voices from “the world’s finest minds,” each offering answers to such questions as: What are you optimistic about? What is the most important […]