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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVI Knossos, Greece (1993) Photo by author Another quick thought on our impending energy cliff situation and comment on an article suggesting overconsumption is our greatest threat and that we can be happy without it. * * * The threats humanity faces are never simple and always multifaceted and intertwined. Overconsumption […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIV Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Part of an ongoing conversation with another regarding globalisation and whether it is a beneficial or detrimental endeavour of humanity. You can find the entire back and forth here. * * * The notion that to address our overshoot dilemma by bringing the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1986) Photo by author My comment on an article regarding the cessation of a provincial programme for municipalities in British Columbia meant to support and fund climate change initiatives. * * * Not sure what the situation is like in BC surrounding provincial mandates and municipalities, but I […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI Knossos, Crete (1993) Photo by author Yet another in an increasing collection of comments I have posted to the online media site The Tyee. This time it is a commentary on an article that reviews a book arguing in favour of the implementation of Universal Basic Income. * * * “No […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh X
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh X Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Circumstances have kept me sidetracked from writing for a few months. As life has settled a bit, although the spring weather keeps me busy working in the food garden, I felt it time to post again. Here is a comment I wrote this […]
Today’s Contemplation: The Coming Collapse IX
Today’s Contemplation: The Coming Collapse IX Chichen Itza, Mexico (1986) photo by author Once more a comment posted in the Tyee in response to ongoing ‘debate’ with others in regard to the 2020 U.S. presidential election and some of the accusations of irregularities surrounding the process. While not obviously related to ‘collapse’ I will add some context […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI It’s truly unfortunate that our society pursues such self-evidently egregious exploits on our environment. You can’t continue to pollute your backyard without eventually destroying the complex ecological systems that support you — to say little about the finiteness of most resources we overly depend upon. And, certainly, we can’t continue […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh V
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh V Pompeii (1993) Photo by author Yet another of my comments for an article on The Tyee regarding energy and how we should approach our coming dilemmas. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/02/BC-Needs-Wartime-Approach-Climate-Emergency/ _____ While I certainly appreciate the need to ‘correct’ our global industrial civilization’s path from its current trajectory there is an obvious ‘problem’ with […]
Today’s Contemplation: The Coming Collapse VIII
October 30, 2020
Today’s Contemplation: The Coming Collapse VIII Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Once again, a comment I posted in response to an article on The Tyee. Where to begin? I realise this article is primarily about a federal political party and its future but there are two underlying issues that are discussed that need far […]
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