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, December 11, 2012

Extreme Weather Of The Week (PHOTOS)

Click here to access article from Huffington Post.

I wonder if this is going to be a weekly series from this source--that would be a real indication of entering a new era of climate chaos. The article and photos cover mostly two items that I saw little of in mainstream media: a major typhoon (Asian for "hurricane") related disaster in the Philippines and unusually warm weather in the mid-west of the US.
In the Philippines, the death toll continued to rise this week. Over 300,000 people lost their homes....
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