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Abundance In Motion

January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Oregon, politics, spirituality & religion

Two things (at least) stirred my soul during the inaugurational ceremonies yesterday of Governor John Kitzhaber here in Oregon. One was a phrase used by poet Kim Robert Stafford in his inspirational poem. The phrase was “abundance moving toward need”.  That’s a diamond-cut concept if I ever heard one, the idea that abundance — I [...]

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Capitol Climate Action A Success

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments · sustainability

The largest act of civil disobedience against climate change in U.S. history took place in the nation’s Capitol in frigid, snowy weather on March 2. More than 2,000 people marched, and many risked arrest by blocking all four entrances to the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant. Time magazine gave it serious coverage among other mainstream [...]

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Giving Feels Great: Blog Action Day

October 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · community, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability

Today is Blog Action Day, I have learned from the popular blog Zenhabits, and the theme this year is poverty. As you may know, I’m a fan of solutions and ‘doing’ when it comes to any given problem. I promote more joy and less consumption in the United States — but you need to have [...]

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High Energy Prices: Good

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments · simplicity, sustainability

I’m sipping my coffee at 6 a.m. at Stumptown in Southeast Portland (joy). The Oregonian’s front page shows an ocean of the 72,000 faces that turned out to see Barack Obama yesterday (yes, I voted for him, too) and the lower right corner story is: “Who loves high energy prices? The environment.” The gist is [...]

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The Peak Of Happiness

March 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · community, relationships, simplicity, sustainability

I recently asked a good friend how happy he was on a scale of 0 to 10. He only had to think for a few seconds. “A five,” he said. “You?”

“I’m at 9 or 10,” I replied. Interestingly, he makes about twice as much money as I do, and even likes his job (as do I). The social sciences have studied happiness quite thoroughly, so what have they

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