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Tea Party: Deeper Issues Simmering Below the Surface

The critiques of sustainable development by Tea Party activists are many and I review the specifics elsewhere. Here I summarize and critique five deeper issues that seem to simmer just below the surface and motivate many of the concerns: 1)   … Continue reading

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Tea Party: Confusion and Fear

I attended my first tea party meeting.  It confused me. Discussion ranged over a wide range of topics including sustainability, local economic development, food security, sustainable agriculture, protecting farms, forests, and other open spaces, reducing tax burdens caused by unplanned … Continue reading

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Landcare 2: Paths Towards Sustainability

[Part 2 of 3: see 1 and 3] It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny our situation is desperate.  Serious observers of trending conditions, even the optimists, now sound like Chicken Littles, pointing to perfect storm forming on the horizon: … Continue reading

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The Benefit of Hindsight

Many Americans enjoy health, wealth, and convenience exceeding our ancestors’ wildest dreams, living better than royalty did just a few generations past.  These achievements were not cheap; in fact, they consumed much of our inherited natural capital.  Now we are … Continue reading

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