Life often involves not getting what we want. Examples: the non-outcomes of the Copenhagen talks, the recent Supreme Court ruling on corporate spending for elections, and the torrential downpours that dominated my visit to Disneyland last Monday.
Sometimes, though, we do get what we want. Examples: Portland General Electric has announced it will shut down Boardman, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'energy'
Embracing Our Sphere Of Influence
January 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments · energy, entertainment, food & drink, global warming and climate change, health & well being, home & garden, nature, spirituality & religion, sustainability, transportation
Have you ever stared down a paralyzing fear – and gained mastery of it, to where you then walked into your power, your sphere of influence? This is my long-promised sequel to Alison Cassandra Barcelona, in which I’ll tell why I feel hope rather than despair about
Tags: 350.0rg·collapse·copenhagen talks·faith·nightmares·roommates·sphere of influence
Alison Cassandra Barcelona
December 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change
My blogging pal Lou Grinzo from The Cost Of Energy emailed me as he was leaving for his family’s Christmas gathering. He wished me happy holidays and voiced some really nice appreciation for Diamond-Cut Life’s “conspicuously human take” on climate change issues. Lou’s phrase that particularly leapt out at me, though, was in reference to [...]
Tags: Cassandra·coal·collapse·economy·Jared Diamond·Lou Grinzo·mythology·oil·sacrifice
Spiritual But Not Religious? Tell Me More.
December 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change
Here in the Pacific Northwest where stunning, relatively well-preserved rivers, mountains and sweeping open spaces command our attention and a bit of reverence, it’s popular to be “spiritual but not religious”. These aren’t just words. For example, Oregon has the second lowest church attendance in the nation. In my experience, people’s announcement of being spiritual-but-not-religious [...]
Tags: atheist·church·Glacier Natinal Park·Missoula·spirituality·United Church of Christ
Geothermal Causes Earthquakes: More Urgency For Energy Conservation
December 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change, sustainability
I’m surprised this morning to learn about a blow to the future of geothermal, a major form of renewable (clean) energy. The New York Times reports that a $60 million geothermal project in Basel, Switzerland, has been permanently canceled because of the earthquakes the project’s drilling caused (emphasis mine). The drilling-induced earthquakes caused a total [...]
