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, April 23, 2013

400,000 Hiroshima Atomic Bombs Per Day

Click here to access article by Robert Hunziker from Dissident Voice. 

In this piece the author gives us the highlights of a lecture by James Hansen, one of world's most renowned climate scientists, in which he addresses various issues related to climate change. I posted the 17:51m video of his lecture on my blog a year ago; and if you missed it, I urge you to listen to it. The pricey TED conference lectures are presumably attended mostly by members of the One Percent or who serve the interests of the One Percent. 
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