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Conservation, Saving Species, Fighting Climate Change, and Rebelling Against Extinction

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Gazebo in Jonesboro, Illinois

Ignorance, Hubris, and Stupidity

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  Artwork from Ken Avidor

What Are The Most Popular Forms of Hopium?

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  Artwork by Ken Avidor

How Intractable is Our Lack of Agency?

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  Farm near Douthat State Park, Virginia

Why Is Society Still Mired in Mainstream Thinking?

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  Eagle Rock Train Station, Eagle Rock, Virginia

Do You See Technology From a Complete Perspective?

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  Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

False Beliefs and Denial, Part Two

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Atlantic Ocean, Kure Beach, North Carolina

What is a Man-Made Disaster?

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    First picture: The massive slag pile at the former Anaconda Copper Company Smelter Second picture: The slag pile behind the old guard shack at the smelter entrance More info about this company Man-made disasters abound almost everywhere, but most of us cannot "see" them because we are "blind" to this destruction. Without a sense of reality regarding ecological overshoot, many people turn a blind eye to the destruction taking place daily in cities and towns (and plenty of rural or remote places as well) throughout the world. Joni Mitchell's famous song Big Yellow Taxi comes to mind. But seriously, how often does one happen to be driving somewhere and see what once were fields and forests being leveled for some new housing addition or shopping center or roads or other infrastructure?  It's also interesting as I began thinking about writing this article what disasters in particular came to mind. There are literally countless small towns which were once inh

What is Indigenuity?

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  Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area

Enlightenment and the Maximum Power Principle

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  Inspiration Point is at the top of this cliff in southern Illinois