2012: A Kinder Human is Natural Selection
I wrote this tonight as my New Years Gift to the planet. As we step across the threshold to a new time zone.
2012 A Kinder Human
2012,
Is a shape-shifting year,
World-shifting to top gears,
The highest gear,
For this is a water shed year,
Breaking levies,
Breaking records,
As domino effects are tipping… Continue reading
Bill Mollison: I Want To Leave Our Children Gardens Not Deserts
Foundations of Permaculture is premised on the Ethics of Permaculture
1. Care of the Earth: Provision for all life systems to continue and multiply
2. Care of the People: Provision for people to access those resources necessary to their existence
3. Setting Limits to Population and Consumption: By governing our own needs, we can set… Continue reading
The Great Barrier Reef: Sacrificing A Crown of Thorns
Today I went to a shopping centre and saw this amazing indoors aquarium and it was filled with tropical fish. I nearly walked past then I saw the coral moving. I realised the coral was alive. I just stared at these fish, one was a striped surgeonfish, other really bright blue fish that had fins… Continue reading
Joanne King Herring: The Red Herring Was War With Afghanistan
The title I’ve just changed as I saw clearly the red herring in Afghanistan was war. The real issues were nation building, educating the afghan people and ensuring they were self sustaining.
In the previous blog I introduced the importance of mediators in war zones. I mentioned the former US Congressman Charlie Wilson who changed… Continue reading
Mayors for Peace Advocate for Permanent Disarmament
Imagine a movement of Mayors, Councils, State Governments and Nation States linking together within a consensus of permanent disarmament. As I suggested in a previous blog if all governments adopt the Japanese Peace Constitution of total abolition of weapons then the arms trade will end immediately and the new movement of realistic peacemaking will arise.… Continue reading
Viktor Frankl: Responsibility is Hope
Somehow Gareth Evans (former Foreign Minister, Australia) comes to mind with his concept ‘the Responsibility to Protect’. I thought a lot about man’s natural tendency to protect rather than violence. I see violence as a distortion and dysfunction through man’s personality, family and society. Hard to imagine how people can hurt each other, but they… Continue reading