by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 8, 2019 | Advocacy, Green Perspective, Seeking Clarity, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst The year 2018 is now history and we are left with memories, unfulfilled intentions and a lot of unread books. By one estimate some 400,000 new books hit the market in North America every year, so its little wonder I am a bit behind. For me the ones...
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 | Nov 28, 2018 | Our Changing World, Seeking Clarity, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst It has never been said better than by Carl Sagan in his speech at Cornell University in 1994. “…… you see a dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The...
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 | 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...
