Category: Social Change

The Chaparralian Creed

Posted on November 11, 2025 by

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Embracing Our Humanity Through Nature, Learning, and Friendship For a number of reasons, many of which you are surely well aware, American society is undergoing tectonic shifts. Our relationship to Nature, each other, and ourselves are moving in directions that can compromise our humanity… Continue Reading “The Chaparralian Creed”

Category: Reconnecting to Nature, Reconnecting with Self, Social Change

Turn Off the News and Build a Garden With Me

Posted on June 7, 2025 by

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Category: Inspired Spirits, Reconnecting with Self, Social Change

The Unholy Trinity of Fear, Conformity and Moral Abdication Creates Stupidity’s Perfect Storm

Posted on April 23, 2025 by

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The Path to Intellectual Autonomy to Resist Societal Stupidity and Overcome Cognitive Dissonance *From the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Overcoming the discomfort and pain of holding positions different from your community requires not just intelligence (societal stupidity is immune to facts), but courage. This… Continue Reading “The Unholy Trinity of Fear, Conformity and Moral Abdication Creates Stupidity’s Perfect Storm”

Category: Inspired Spirits, Misconceptions, Reconnecting with Self, Social Change

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