An Array of Utopian Flowers
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An Environmental Advocate’s Response to ‘Planet of the Humans’
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Green Banking: Toward A Regenerative Economy
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THE BOTTLE SCAM: Land, Water, and Indigenous Rights – Plastic Plague Pt. 5
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THROWAWAY SOCIETY: Economics & Inequity of (Plastic) Consumption – Plastic Plague Pt 4
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The BirdHouse: Reconnecting People & Place through Arts & Ecology
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WilderUtopia in 102 Languages
‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in SBLitJo
Santa Barbara Literary Journal released ‘Bellatrix: Volume 3’ in June 2019, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt’s psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Buy the book!
Archive for March, 2016
B. Traven: Underground Anarchist in the Mexican Jungle
Posted on March 27, 2016 | 4 CommentsB. Traven, German underground author, anarchist and writer of the Treasure of Sierra Madre, purposely obscured his origins to evade consequences from his revolutionary past in Germany and to stoke his literary mystery that hinged upon his words: "An author should have no other biography than his books."
Jack Eidt and the Bison: Words to Save the World
Posted on March 20, 2016 | No CommentsJack Eidt, reading from a literary vision quest called "Medicine Walk," Part of Environmental and Activist Poetry/Fiction at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, CA. 12/5/2015, from the Vision LA 2015 Climate Change Arts Festival.
Digital Meets Tribal in Fourth World “Possible Musics”
Posted on March 18, 2016 | 1 CommentComposer/Trumpeter Jon Hassell proposes that Western music (and culture), must simultaneously look forward with technology and innovative forms, while cultivating a relationship to the rich multiplicity of the earth's tribal musics.
The Ambiguous Colors of Haruki Murakami
Posted on March 14, 2016 | No CommentsA documentary on Japanese literary postmodernist Haruki Murakami, as well as a folktale from his novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage." As the Guardian puts it: "Full of ambiguity and sex – all Murakami's signature flourishes are here."
Berta Cáceres: Rebel Guardian of the Rivers, ¡Presente!
Posted on March 12, 2016 | 1 CommentBerta Cáceres was assassinated by Honduran government-backed death squads on March 3. She fought for indigenous peoples’ power and for control over their own territories. She was not destined to die of old age. She spoke too much truth to power.
Power, Influence, and Obfuscation: A Plan to Game the California Coastal Act
Posted on March 11, 2016 | 8 CommentsWhy did Coastal Commissioners dump popular Executive Director Charles Lester in a closed session at their February meeting in Morro Bay? It is part of a plan by well connected lobbyists and lawyers pushing environmentally damaging projects for their wealthy clients.
Flint, It’s People, It’s River, Overcomes
Posted on March 8, 2016 | No CommentsThe documentary “Here’s To Flint” examines the origins of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis and the determined efforts of residents, activists and researchers to learn the truth about the city’s lead-contaminated drinking water.
The Bear: Grizzly King and the Wilderness Homeland
Posted on March 3, 2016 | No CommentsWatch the 1988 French film The Bear, by Jean-Jacques Annaud, the story of an orphaned cub and a grizzly in the end of the 19th Century wilderness of British Columbia. The story is based on the 1912 book by James Oliver Curwood.
