Entries Categorized as 'General'

Optimism

Date April 13, 2008

Al Gore speak on optimism, responsible citizenry, democracy, and political activism in the context of global warming. 

A Sea Change

Date March 31, 2008

A Sea Change is a movie from Niijii films. According to the web site for the movie
Oceans today are 30% more acidic than before the Industrial Revolution.
If we continue to burn fossil fuels at today’s rates, within the next century we are likely to see a bottom-up collapse of the world’s marine ecosystems that will […]

Wide View and Natural Steps

Date March 30, 2008

Peter Salonius is a soil microbiologist with the Canadian Forestry Service. I recently received from Mr. Salonius some information to post on nextparadigm. The first is an article written in 1998 called Population Growth in Canada and the United States: A Role For Scientists

Baraka

Date March 8, 2008

I watched the film Baraka the other night and was absolutely amazed. The film contains no dialog, but rather is a series of film sequences laid over a soundtrack. The film contrasts various images of natural landscapes, spiritual and religious ceremonies, indigenous people with images of busy cities, sweat shop workers and environmental disasters. The […]

The first post

Date March 2, 2008

You hear about it every day. Our climate is changing. The predictions about what that might mean for us, and the rest of the living creatures on this planet we all share, is somewhat bleak to state it mildly.