by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Green Perspective, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst The following is a lightly edited reprint of a post which first appeared on this site in July 2012 (pre-Harvey, pre-Irma, pre-California fires, pre-Trump, pre-COP 21, pre-COP 24). In the Blogmaster’s humble opinion it deserves a rerun....
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 6, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Green Perspective, Our Changing World
by Bob Worcester “Thoughts and prayers” are a common response to tragedies like hurricanes and school shootings. For some it is merely perfunctory, for some it is genuinely heartfelt, and for others it seems to be a pale substitute for substantive action to address...
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 4, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
By Lillian Ireland Some of the deepest and most meaningful times of healing my soul have been sitting on the well-worn rocks in the middle of the Chehalis River. I was often “called” there when grief overtook me and I needed a quiet place to just be. Yet,...
by suzukiwebmaster | Sep 26, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst During the run-up to the 2015 Canadian federal elections a total of 164,704 respondents reacted to the simple online question “What issue is most important to you in this election?”. The largest proportion of respondents (36%) said...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jul 21, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Green Perspective, Opinions, Rules of Engagement, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst The Suzuki Elders have been at the environmental game for some 9 years now – gathering, talking, arguing, urging, advocating, educating, inspiring on and off, blogging and berating. As our website declares “we bring our voices, experiences and memories...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 11, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Jill Schroder What about Enlightenment? Pretty potent topic, eh? Steven Pinker, tackles it big time! Check out this recent TED talk based on his book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Good news, perhaps startling to many of...
