An Array of Utopian Flowers
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Ecological Succession: Moving Toward Regeneration with Linda Gibbs
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Recipe for Abuse: Palm Oil, Child Labor, and Girl Scout Cookies
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Ch´ol Creation Story: The Origin of Life on Earth
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Dam-Free: Indigenous Peoples Reclaim the Klamath River
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 2 Comments -
Corridor of the Surreal: Silver Webb and Jack Eidt Talk ‘City of Illumination’
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WilderUtopia in 102 Languages
Daily Dose of the Wild
Twittering from the Trees
‘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!
earth commodification Archive
Will Self: Talentless Hipsters and Commodification Culture
Posted on September 30, 2014 | 1 CommentThis awful cult of talentless hipsters has its Mecca in Los Angeles, according to Will Self. He asserts his generation took the avant-garde and turned it into a successful rearguard action by the flying columns of capitalism’s blitzkrieg. What to make of the commodification and democratization of culture, and where to go from here?Vandana Shiva: Monsanto Impoverishes Ecosystems, Farmers and Consumers
Posted on September 10, 2013 | 1 CommentCorporate seed monopolies reduce ecosystem health, impoverish farmers, and cheat consumers health and nutrition, writes biodiversity campaigner Vandana Shiva. Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser found out the extent that Monsanto would go to maintain their monopoly in the anti-GMO documentary "David Versus Monsanto."Vandana Shiva: Maintaining Biodiversity and the Seeds of Freedom
Posted on May 11, 2013 | 2 CommentsHistorically, farmers have stored, traded and shared choice seed from one season to the next. According to Dr. Vandana Shiva, this practice ended with the introduction of patented genetically engineered seeds. Saving seeds now exposes the farmer to costly fines and lawsuits for patent infringement and has resulted in many farmer suicides.Collamer: Foreclosing on Nature
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe human commodification of nature often overlooks small, seeming inconsequential values, someday leading to the earth's foreclosure and unavoidable eviction.Dam, You’re One Ugly Hurdle…
Posted on September 29, 2011 | No CommentsGo ask any fish how it feels to have your road home permanently blocked by a "clean" "green" "renewable" "low-cost" hydroelectric dam.