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Note this post contains two versions, one for children and young adults (towards the end) and this one... Why Kindness Works - and Cruelty Fails The limits of control and the social power of compassion By Mr. Alvarez | Thoughts Enhanced by AI Assistant Introduction Kindness is often treated as a pleasant but optional virtue,... Continue Reading →
How 2026's Extremes Are Waking Us Up — and Why Our Kids and the Living World Can't Wait for Us to Finish the Debate On July 4, 2026, the United States set out to celebrate its 250th birthday, and the atmosphere sent regrets. More than 100 million Americans were under heat alerts as storms, flooding,... Continue Reading →
By Mr. Alvarez | Climate Change Community LLC On July 7th (see post below), I wrote to you about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — a 52-year-old father, a builder of homes, shot and killed by an ICE officer on Canal Street in Houston's East End on his way to work. I asked every agent, every officer,... Continue Reading →
By Mr. Alvarez | Climate Change Community LLC Say His Name: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo On the morning of July 7, 2026, at about 6:50 a.m., a 52-year-old man named Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Canal Street, in Houston's East End — a historically Latino... Continue Reading →
The People's Bill of Rights 250: Who's Really Behind the Invitation to Rewrite the American Promise? As the nation counts through its 250th year, a new digital initiative is asking millions of everyday Americans a deceptively simple question: what rights should this country actually guarantee you? The People's Bill of Rights 250 (thepeoplesrights250.org) wants your... Continue Reading →
What History's Breaking Points Teach Us About Adaptive Resiliency Part 1 — Adaptive-Resiliency – Part II will be posted Friday night at the new Adaptive Resiliency site. Version One — For the Community A lot of people are tired right now. Not the kind of tired that sleep fixes. The kind that settles into your... Continue Reading →
Until Everyone Is Safe: World Refugee Day, Our Children's Worries, and the Choice We Still Have The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. — Paul Farmer Today is June 20th. World Refugee Day. And this one is not like the others. This year marks... Continue Reading →
When the News Becomes the Weather: Doom, Democracy, and the Discipline of Joy A deep dive on political exhaustion, collective resilience, and why sustainable resistance requires more than outrage Date: May 26, 2026 A viewer comment can sometimes say what a whole culture is trying to confess. Under a YouTube video titled “I can’t do... Continue Reading →
Earth Does Not Need Saving — We Do “Earth does not need saving, we do.”This sentence often lands with surprise, sometimes even discomfort. It runs counter to the way we’ve been taught to speak about the climate crisis—as if the planet were fragile glass and humanity its reckless caretaker. Yet when we pause and reflect,... Continue Reading →
We need to leave racism and ethnicity divisional attitudes and thinking in the past Thanksgiving has always been a day wrapped in warmth, memory, and stories. We sit with family, share food, and talk about the things that matter. But underneath the holiday lies a very old story—a story about people who looked different, lived... Continue Reading →
An urgent message from Climate Change Community to those who still believe denial is safety. Climate Change Community – Official Online Speech to COP30 Delivered by Mr. Alvarez & Eva García ...We greet COP30 and all global Climate activities with deep respect and steady determination. This moment is not ceremonial—it is essential. Around the world,... Continue Reading →
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