Going further, is economic growth in the context of pure, unregulated capitalism even a path to prosperity? Sure, it has made some countries prosperous. But it hasn’t been a neutral force in the areas outside its bubbles of prosperity. Progress has been build on the backs and the graves of the poorest and darkest of … Continue reading Post-Growth: Is Economic Growth the Only Way to Prosperity?
Chinese Definitions from Pleco Chinese-English Dictionary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengyu Continue reading On Being Lost: Part 3
Join the Guardian News and 139,000 others in signing this petition to keep fossil fuels below ground: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/mar/16/keep-it-in-the-ground-guardian-climate-change-campaign Read up on the Climate Movement’s progress so far and how it’s changing: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/09/climate-fight-wont-wait-for-paris-vive-la-resistance Continue reading The Guardian’s Keep it in the Ground Campaign, and the Changing Face of the Climate Movement
Technical difficulties have forced an extra-late and extra-low-resolution version of this post, but here it is. Let me know what you think. Continue reading On Being Lost: Learning Languages
I was gone all day today hiking to countryside villages to give out scholarships to middle schoolers. I have plenty to say about it, but I’ll save most for a future post. For now just let me say that Spring has come to Xiangxi. It was warm and sunny all day and the peach blossoms … Continue reading The most popular song in China, New Post Monday
Before and After isn’t quite right. We won’t even see the changes that we’ve already committed ourselves to for another few decades. The results are nevertheless shocking. Click here to explore more images: Continue reading The Before and After: Images of Climate Change from NASA’s Climate Change Website
Re-entry (Or: The wonder of distance) The energetic current of passing period echoed through the rusting yellow bars of the classroom’s windows. I glanced out at students laughing in the first day of spring, unfocused thoughts tingling my brain. Was it really this easy? Alex, my American boss, told me at the end of a hurried training … Continue reading WEEKLY POST: Re-entry
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