sanctuary

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Reverence for the natural world

This video with biologist Janine Benyus is worth revisiting periodically in order to inspire and get us to think about how to solve problems no matter how seemingly intractable. While we humans have been around for only about 200,000 years, planet Earth has existed for more than 3 billion years.

The Biomimicry Network Effect


Friday, April 22, 2016

It's the cows, baby

It is the monster in the room but we're very, very afraid to talk about it, including all the traditional, well known and well established environmental organizations: Animal agriculture is the primary cause of environmental devastation on this planet and leading us to extinction--period! 
Everything else is largely an exercise in denial.

Cowspiracy The Sustainability Secret

A MOVIE YOU SHOULD WATCH




Thursday, April 14, 2016

The Inspiring

Yellowstone Northern Range

Can we humans get beyond our miserable narcissism?

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

May humans be kept out forever

The result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 in the old Soviet Union was that humans could not live in the region. This is a story of nature without the influence of Homo-sapiens. This film first appeared in 2014.