by landscapewanderer | Sep 5, 2023 | Environmentalism, Working in Sustainable Development
You may be familiar with the parable of the three bricklayers, but in case not, here it is in brief. A traveler came upon a construction site and saw a bricklayer at work. He asked the bricklayer what he was doing. “I’m laying bricks,” the man replied. The traveler...
by landscapewanderer | Jul 18, 2023 | Culture, Environmentalism
Structural change and individual behavior change Social action for sustainability and the protection of nature often aims, in one way or another, at changes to social structures. Whether the actions are led by researchers, activists, or technocrats, the goal of...
by landscapewanderer | May 23, 2022 | Environmentalism, Justice, Values
The house where I grew up was perpetually catching on fire. It wasn’t all bad. Although I fought with my brothers and sisters sometimes, we really had a beautiful family. Sunday dinner was especially nice. Dad always asked each of us what we did that week. If one...
by landscapewanderer | Sep 19, 2020 | Environmentalism, Ontology
I recently had a lively conversation with my teenage daughter about our environmental footprint, a concept that she was studying in school. Like a lot of young people, she is quite concerned about the direction the world is going, about how many planet Earths we...
by landscapewanderer | Jun 19, 2020 | Environmentalism, Justice, Values
Regular readers of the Deliberative Landscapes Wanderer may see in this post a deviation from the topics I normally cover. The turmoil unfolding in the United States of America right now seems to have captured the attention of the whole world, including me, and the...
by landscapewanderer | Jan 19, 2020 | Environmentalism, Ontology, Participation and Facilitation
Trust in God AND tether your camel! In one version of the story behind this Middle Eastern proverb, which is sometimes attributed to the Prophet himself, two Bedouin herders get into an argument, one claiming that reality is harsh and that people have to take care of...
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