How, exactly, is human life changing the atmosphere, and specifically the earth’s climate, for ‘good’ or ‘bad’? Our atmosphere is the protective envelope of the earth, no other planet, to our knowledge, has such a hospitable background for life. Here’s an...
Humankind and discrimination. Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp and at the same time, numerous other death camps of WWII to exterminate various peoples considered ‘sub-cultures’ of the world. I just spent the...
One water system but two meanings for Water and Power. Water is the source of life and prosperity, but it can also be a source of possible conflict. In a balanced report, remarkably documented, Frédéric Lasserre, Professor at the University of Laval, Quebec, discusses...
‘How to change others’ has 1.6 billion entries on Google. ‘Change myself’ has 800 million entries. I wonder if that indicates anything? Yes, we tend to focus on other’s problems rather than change myself. How much time do we analyze,...
Charlie Hebdo reveals the best and the worst of humankind. So many contradictions in society come to a head in the aftermath of slayings. We’re going to stay with contradictions in society and the Charlie Hebdo syndrome for the time-being. Not because I want to...