Category: ecology

ANTHROPHOBIC

I don’t believe it is an actual word but I have been using it for decades: Earlier this century my youngest granddaughter said “Nan – you are one!” (Human) There are several reason I don’t  like humans It is the human attitude to other… Continue Reading “ANTHROPHOBIC”

MY WISH – ECOLOGY BEFORE ECONOMY

My children used to call me Doctor Dolittle (But if you have ever read the book; Hugh Lofting says that livestock don’t have feelings: so I am different to the character in the book) I was in the original Greenpeace — we were labelled… Continue Reading “MY WISH – ECOLOGY BEFORE ECONOMY”

CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS

I know that many people realize that our cultural norms are a major factor in causing the extinction of all life. But still conform to these social norms: Not because they are worried about what others think:  but because these attitudes are “hard wired”.… Continue Reading “CHALLENGING CULTURAL NORMS”

Trees

THERE IS A TREE MEDITATION IN THIS POST I am frequently told trees are a fire hazard Trees don’t light: fires – humans do! Human arsonists have set fire to the side of my property at Goolwa after torching the local bushland. So the… Continue Reading “Trees”

Religion is what influences a culture.

this post was originally entitled “Thank God I am an atheist Pun intended” When I was young I wondered what was wrong with me because our cultural norms felt so wrong – now that I am older and wiser I know our cultural norms… Continue Reading “Religion is what influences a culture.”

VEGAN

I am so happy to know that so many humans care about other life forms I have been vegetarian since the 1970s In the 1970s when I was first in Animal lib —-we would get a monthly news letter with recipes At Christmas the… Continue Reading “VEGAN”

MY WISH – ECOLOGY BEFORE ECONOMY

Posted this on Facebook and it only got 3 likes – I prefer to think this is because Facebook don’t share posts to all friends anymore I let flies out as well I was in the original Greenpeace — we were labelled a dangerous… Continue Reading “MY WISH – ECOLOGY BEFORE ECONOMY”

The Media is the Massage

(With apologies to Marshall McLuhan’s “The Medium is The Massage”) [Marshall McLuhan argues that technologies — from clothing to the wheel to the book, and beyond — are the messages themselves, not the content of the medium. In essence, The Medium is the Massage is a graphical… Continue Reading “The Media is the Massage”

MAGIC/QUANTUM PHYSICS

What we label as magic is actually quantum physics Einstein’s  E = mc2 I understood that time decrease with velocity in my teens (1960s) But it is thanks to Star Trek that I realized that matter and energy are interchangeable “Energy equals mass times… Continue Reading “MAGIC/QUANTUM PHYSICS”

AHIMSA

I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters As a child I got a bashing for not wanting to eat meat: The same… Continue Reading “AHIMSA”