We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

2011 Heat Wave [in the US]

Click here to access articles from Huffington Post. And we are seeing more dust storms.

The damage caused by spewing so much carbon into the atmosphere, especially over the past century, is now coming back to haunt us, to threaten our very existence. But don't be alarmed--Exxon, Shell Oil, and the other carbon proliferating industries are busy solving the problem, that is, if you believe their ads.
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