Progress That Illumines: What Progress Looks Like in a OneEarth World

One of the most difficult matters to face up to is that the Progress we work hard to attain can result in advancing an illusion—the illusion of MultiEarth living. As such, that Progress strikes us blind to what it really takes to live on one planet. But if we can be blinded by Progress, can we also be illumined by Progress?

Yes, I believe we can.

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March Madness! 4 Free Days for eBook Version, "Blinded by Progress"

Let’s keep on getting into strong, engaging, civil conversations about sustainability and Earth’s marvelous ecological capacities! That’s why the OneEarth Project is having our own version of March Madness! Whether or not you’re a lover of basketball’s version of March Madness, we welcome you to the OneEarth Project version. Here are our March Madness numbers: 4, 200, 672, and 8!

4 (Four!) — We’re offering Blinded by Progress for FREE for four days, March 1-4. Speaking of FREE, we just gave away 10 print copies through the Goodreads Giveaways program that ended Feb. 21. The best news is that 672 people registered for one of those copies which means that a lot more people have expressed interest in the themes of the book!

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Final Week of Goodreads Giveaway of My Book, "Blinded by Progress"

One of the places to find out what people are reading is Goodreads.com. Opening your own account is free. Do it and shortly you’re finding out highly recommended reads in genres you most like. Plus, you can register for book Giveaways. Below, I’ll tell you about registering my book for such a giveaway. Goodreads has a huge and rapidly expanding membership and catalog of books. As an author, I was eager to get my book posted.

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Applause for Friends with Great Commitment to Ecological Justice

One can’t overstate the quality and integrity of the work that the Eco-Justice Collaborative (EJC) brings to the conversation and efforts for OneEarth living. Before forming and directing the EJC, Lan and Pam Richart, were the principals in the company they owned in Chicago’s western suburbs. That’s when I got to know them. They were working on land use, natural resource management, and the environmental impacts of public works projects.

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It's the Jaimie Hope Talk Show, "This Is How I Roll." Call in, OK?

Jaimie HopeBeing on Blog Talk Radio will be a “first experience” sort of thing for me this coming Monday. I look forward to it and to being in conversation with Jaimie Hope. Jaimie’s website tells about the series of children’s books and novels she’s written, as well as her autobiography, “Roll with It.” The children’s series presents the “Adventures of Baby Jaimie,” centering around a disabled main character. Jaimie Hope will interview me on her show, “This Is How I Roll,” February 10, 7pm EST, 6 pm CST, 4 pm PST.

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Good to Be Part of the 48th Annual Exhibit of Local Authors—See It!

The 48th Annual Exhibit of Local Authors opened last Friday at the San Diego City Library, the sponsor of the event. Because Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us was published during 2013, I submitted a copy and am happy to be included in the exhibit of locally produced books. The exhibit continues just for this month of February and is conducted annually as an encouragement to local writers. One author, T. Jefferson Parker, has a book that was a New York Times Bestseller in the past year. The youngest author is 10 years old.

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In Case We're Tempted to Trust What World Economic Forum Ministers Say

The World Economic Forum (WEF) website says: The World Economic Forum encourages businesses, governments and civil society to commit together to improving the state of the world. Our Strategic and Industry Partners are instrumental in helping stakeholders meet key challenges such as building sustined economic growth, mitigating global risks, promoting health for all, improving social welfare and fostering environmental sustainability.

Sounds great! But…

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