Welcome SUN DOG! The traffic here is light but substantial. The lack of eco-awareness is pervasive, and has been known to create blind spots in even the most eco-conscious, which is why I’m a bit of a stickler for deleting irrelevant posts. Like a therapist I knew once said, “we have to be psychotic optimists.” (Okay, she was referring to marriage counselling, but it’s relevant when you consider that how women are treated has a direct relationship to how the planet is treated. Both are life-givers).

I’m reading an interesting (and hopeful) book by Jane Jacobs called “Dark Age Ahead”. In one chapter she surveys the cultural imperatives of North America in the past 200 years. She emphasizes the impact of the Great Depression which persists today…that it’s all about jobs, at all costs...yet as the protester sign says, “No Jobs On A Dead Planet!” When you think of the relentless replacement of jobs through automation and newer technology, and add to that the cell phones, game boys, computer notebooks, portable stereos and cars that keep everyone isolated from one another, there is much cause for worry. The world is getting better and going to hell at the same time, but hell has the newspapers.

You’re absolutely right, and thanks for the reminder…that all that is left is the decisions we make for ourselves and the next seven generations. Example is the best teacher for sure—it’s how we were meant to learn. Nature –based cultures have passed down their wisdom from generation to generation, and from century to century with their example and oral traditions without ever having to worry about power failures. Is the education system listening?