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Can Small Steps Keep Sustainability From Slipping Through Our Fingers?

Can Small Steps Keep Sustainability From Slipping Through Our Fingers?

Why is sustainability so popular? One reason is that it addresses a deeply embedded belief by some that the world is going to “hell in a hand basket” – that somehow things are falling apart and the end is near. This embedded fear of collapse might explain why the hysteria over Y2k was so pronounced. [...]

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Leave the Attitude at the Door

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Intuition

Intuition

I think Intuition gets a bad name. After all, intuition is just the use of knowledge you didn’t know you had. The skeptic gave me that tidbit, because he did not want to believe that there was something more to intuition, something intangible and perhaps immeasurable that is applied at seemingly random points and is [...]

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The Stoic in Me

The Stoic in Me

People often don’t immediately understand my position relative to my two partners, Rob and Chris.  After all, Rob is “Ecoman” and Chris “The Skeptic”.  On the one hand, we have an approach to understanding the world from the perspective of intuition, mythos, poetry.  While on the other hand, there is an approach based upon the [...]

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Giving Skepticism a Bad Name

Giving Skepticism a Bad Name

There seems to be confusion in the media about what constitutes skepticism. I’ve taken the moniker “The Skeptic” for our radio show/podcast with careful thought.  Skeptic comes from the Greek word skeptikos (skeitkos) which means thoughtful, and implies careful consideration.  The modern skepticism movement is based on a search for truth.  Although we don’t believe [...]

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