Monthly Archives: July 2014

Strategic Urgency

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

Bill McKibben Recently, one of my heroes, Bill McKibben (a lover of wisdom, one of the most effective and committed climate change activists, and founder of 350.0rg) pointed out that when it comes to addressing climate change it is like … Continue reading →

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Education for Human Flourishing in Ecological Community

Posted on July 20, 2014 by

Image from http://www.hermanmiller.com The primary goal of education in general and higher education in particular has been human flourishing. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle referred to this goal, this telos, as Eudaimonia. For Aristotle, the Eudaimonia is the goal of … Continue reading →

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The Make or Break Decade

Posted on July 18, 2014 by

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/ When it comes to addressing climate change (or any other moral problem for that matter), we need to want to do what we ought to do and then develop the means to actually do it. A major challenge we … Continue reading →

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