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Roundup

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Thoughtstylings
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...unately there are alternatives. First of all we are mulching much more than we used to. Newspaper topped with leaves and twigs seems to work great, and the newspaper takes much longer than one might expect to break down. While not appropriate for our dry climate and incendiary native plants, it’s possible in wetter climes to burn weeds with a propane tool such as these. Ultimately, SurviveLA has replaced Roundup with a zen expression, “If you see...

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All Politics Are Local

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Thoughtstylings
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I thought it appropriate on election day to repeat one of my favorite equations for happiness–a stoic flowchart that comes via Mark Fraenfelder of BoingBoing. At the end of the day, about half of America will be happy, and half will be dismayed. All we can do is remember that beyond voting, we cannot control the outcome of the election. So a stoic would advise us to not to rail against what we cannot change or affect, but to focus on what we can...

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Homegrown Evolution Food Review: Backpacker’s Pantry Huevos Rancheros

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Preparedness
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...is product has an impressive shelf life and ease of preparation, making it appropriate for emergency food supplies, we’ve had better freeze dried entrees. Our fellow campers had the same reaction to the visual look of the cooked and re-hydrated product: dog vomit. The taste wasn’t all that bad, but it had the overly salty and questionably seasoned feeling of almost all dehydrated foods. Imagine eating just the seasoning packet from a bowl of ramen...

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Climate Change and Personal Responsibility

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Age of Limits, Thoughtstylings
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...we, as individuals, acknowledge the cost of our lifestyle and, if it seems appropriate to us after reflection, take action to alter that lifestyle. Leaving personal responsibility out of the equation has a two-fold effect. First, it makes the issue abstract. It becomes someone else’s problem and someone else’s fault. Then the blame game begins. Second, it makes us feel disempowered: if the problem is all about politics and industry, it’s too big f...

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116 Being the Change with Peter Kalmus

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Podcasts, Thoughtstylings
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...alf of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or the California Institute of Technology. During the podcast we discuss: Climate change guilt The dangers of techno-optimism Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report Grief The documentary about Peter Carbon taxes #FlyingLess and flyingless.org No-Fly Climate Sci Citizen’s Climate Lobby Peter’s website is beingthechangebook.com and you can interact with him on Twitter @climatehuman. If you’d like...

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