“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”—Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854) Thoreau’s observation was written more than 170 years ago, yet it still speaks to a recognizable modern condition: the sense that time is passing while one’s deeper capacities, commitments, or aspirations remain unrealized. The problem is not that everyone must pursue a... Continue Reading →
The Character of Change: Why the Climate Emergency Begins Within
The Character of Change: Why the Climate Emergency Begins Within We talk about the Climate and Ecological Emergency in the language of emissions, policy, and technology — and rightly so. But underneath the parts-per-million counts and the policy briefs sits something older and quieter: a crisis of character. The old methods got us here —... Continue Reading →
Launch an Art Page on Twitter/X (Updated)
Climate Change Community & Climate Tribe Social Launch an Art Page on Twitter/X Climate Change Community and Climate Tribe Social now have a new temporary Art Page on Twitter/X: https://x.com/cCcArtCafe We are not exactly big fans of Twitter/X, so we are using it with gritted teeth until we can fully set this up inside Climate... Continue Reading →
Moralizing vs. Morals: Why Don Herold’s Quote Still Matters
“Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.” — Don Herold Don Herold’s quote points to a difference that is easy to miss but deeply important: having morals is not the same as constantly judging others. At first glance, “moralizing” and “morals” sound like they belong together.... Continue Reading →
Al Gore at Twenty Years: The Crisis Is Real, the Solutions Are Here, and the Recession Is Political
"That time-lapse was what we were most criticized for — we were called alarmists; we were told we were being aggressive. And in many ways, you look back and it was actually pretty moderate, the way we called a lot of it." - From Davis Guggenheim (director of An Inconvenient Truth) - On the film's... Continue Reading →
man must find out for himself…
“He had learned some of the things that every man must find out for himself, and he had found out about them as one has to find out--through error and through trial, through fantasy and illusion, through falsehood and his own damn foolishness, through being mistaken and wrong and an idiot and egotistical and aspiring... Continue Reading →