Shades of Green: Men and The Optimism Factor
If men, with their inflated sense of optimism, are leading us into an uncertain age, then we should regard their sense of confidence and control with a measure of concern.…
Ray Grigg
Shades of Green: Kaleidoscope 2011
The kaleidoscope turns, the patterns change, but the colours remain mostly dark and sombre. This year, last year, and the years before are sobering because the dramatic changes in awareness,…
Shades of Green: Globalized Bigness…and Why Santa Claus is No Longer Believable
When Santa Claus was delivering a few token Christmas gifts to a few houses in a few little villages in northern Europe, he seemed believable because his task was possible.…
Shades of Green: Agnotology – The Propagation of Doubt
“Agnotology” is a new and useful word coined in 1992 by Dr. Robert Proctor of Stanford University to designate the study of ignorance. We give a huge amount of attention…
Shades of Green: Breaking Contracts
Our environmental problems and our current economic problems both stem from breaking contracts. In the case of the environment, the contract is with nature; in the case of economics, the…
Shades of Green: The Keystone XL Protests and the Occupy Movement
The protest against the 2,763 km Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to America’s Gulf States’ oil refineries are driven by a deeper concern than risk to Nebraska’s Sand…