Archive for 'precautionary principle'

Locality – A Natural Law

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

My community is fighting fracking, is yours? This is an issue that seems to cross party line and bring even Libertarians and Democrats together. My city is being told that the state laws limit what the city can do and banning fracking is not permitted.

Respect and Reverence: Managing Boundaries

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

A big part of learning to live effectively on this blue ball of ours has to do with understanding the gift life here is. We take both our lives and the Earth for granted, as though both will last forever. That is the illusion of youth, but when elders share it, disaster is not far behind.

The Heartland Institute’s Climate Change Debacle

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

Chicanery in the name of free speech to undermine science is dangerous, corruptive and confusing. Why would people play games with other people's lives in such a fashion?

Greenwashing from Green Mountain?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

Profit or the Precautionary Principle? When will we take ourselves and the Planet seriously?

Growth – the Holy Grail of the 21st Century

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

If we stopped growing and chose to evolve instead - what would that look like? Growth is something we must get a handle on. We are chasing a disaster.

Restoration, Resilience, Rethinking

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander

When will we learn that our wealth is tied up in the land and that we only thrive when the land is healthy?

Stepping Out Against, and Stepping On - GMOs

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Kathryn Alexander

Boulder is a county that has made a reputation for valuing and loving nature and health. This particular issue (GMO planting) has some poignant aspects: farmers have given their land to open space expecting to be able to farm it;