by Daniel | Oct 2, 2018 | Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy, First Nations/Aboriginal People, Nature, Parenting
Educational Design Associates, LLC is making its first ever election endorsement, in support of Washington State Initiative 1631. EDA is a small business, expressly nonpartisan and mostly nonpolitical. We work with schools, youth programs, faith organizations, Native...
by Daniel | Sep 4, 2018 | Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy
In the cool of the late Los Angeles evening, I walked through the core of the city, at one point clocking nearly a half mile without seeing a single tree or other living vegetation. Wow. I was in LA attending a conference of the Climate Reality Project hosted by Al...
by Daniel | Jul 9, 2018 | Art, Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy, Nature, Perception
I spent a half hour this morning in the company of a hummingbird. This is unusual. Mostly I see hummingbirds zipping past on their way somewhere, flitting and probing from one flower to the next, or performing grand sweeping dives, chattering in pursuit of mates. But...
by Daniel | Dec 14, 2017 | Civil Society, Democracy
A new tax bill stumbles its way through our deeply-divided Congress, moving toward enactment despite minimal expert testimony, limited disclosure of its contents, and no bipartisan support. There are dozens of things one could challenge about the content of the tax...
by Daniel | Nov 27, 2017 | Civil Society, Democracy, Design, First Nations/Aboriginal People, Technology
For everyone working to stop pipelines, coal terminals, tar sands development, and oil tankers: There is excellent news emerging. A series of studies released in recent months points to a distinct and unmistakable pattern: Renewable energy is not only here to stay, it...
by Daniel | Nov 11, 2017 | Civil Society, Democracy
It’s the 11th of November, and I don’t know about you, but I took the traditional two minutes of silent reflection this morning at 11:00 am, local time. According to the century-old origin of this ritual silence, the first minute honors the 20 million people...
