Globalisation &Life &Nature Entropy | 19 Aug 2008
The recent passing away of Masanobu Fukuoka, the pioneer of ‘‘natural’’ farming, which eschews plowing, weeding and the use of fertilizers or pesticides, led me to connect and reproduce the this under noted article , which was published in Oct 2007 Orion Magazine . Fukuoka was the author of ‘‘The One Straw Revolution,’’ The heart [...]
Nature &Science Entropy | 15 Jun 2008
Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it. 1 Who invented relativity? Bzzzt—wrong. Galileo hit on the idea in 1639, when he showed that a falling object behaves the same way on a moving ship as it does in a motionless building. 2 And Einstein didn’t call it relativity. The word never appears [...]
Nature &Sprituality Entropy | 30 Mar 2008
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist! “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me “A sense of obligation.” -By Stephen Crane- (1871- 1900 ) Stephen Crane was one of America’s foremost realistic writers, and his works have been credited with marking the beginning of modern American Naturalism
Nature &Sprituality Entropy | 03 Jan 2008
If Nature Had Rights – What would people need to give up ? In a different kind of justice system, a lawyer might advocate on behalf of an aardvark, or a river, or an atmosphere. What might we have to give up if nature had rights ? by Cormac Cullinan & Drawings by Amy Falstrom [...]