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- Today is the 69th Anniversary of D-Day But We Also Remember Operation Bagration
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- Abraham Path An attempt to physically bridge the chasm between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
- Art not Hate A really interesting site about creative responses to conflict, especially artistic ones
- Benny's Blog Great site from an evangelical Christian Church of England/Episcopalian vicar old friend of mine Benny who is contesting Christian condemnation of homosexuality
- Correlates of War Project Excellent source of information on all forms of armed conflict
- Creating Reciprocity Great site about the role of empathy and reciprocity in conflict
- End of Economic Growth: Richard Heinberg Great site for information on why and how economic growth may be over; with profound implications for future conflict
- Equality Trust My old contact Richard Wilkinson’s data based site on economic inequality: an often missed vertical element in conflict
- Grist Organization I like the data driven approach of this environmental site
- Jerome Slater Really interesting Middle East expert and blogger with a mind of his own
- Josh Berer Interesting site on Arabic art by someone who has lived in the Yemen
- Move Him Into the Sun A blog devoted to World War 1 war poetry with unusual selections and critical comment. Very generative
- Natasa in Malawi I am enjoying Natasa’s (from Slovenia) coming to terms with life and working for an NGO in Malawi.
- Peace Mapping A really useful site that shows visual ways to re-frame conflict
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- Right Brain Blogger A really interesting insightful blog on creativity and its blocks. Really powerful insights that will help in conflict, especially our internal conflicts
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Category Archives: Environmental Conflict
Gregory Bateson (1904-1980), ‘God’ and the Systemic Nature of Human Ecology
Another great quote from Gregory Bateson’s Steps to an Ecology of Mind: ‘On the one hand, have the systemic nature of the individual human being, the systemic nature of the culture in which he lives, and the systemic nature of … Continue reading
The Downsides of Religion on Environmental Matters: Gregory Bateson’s (1904-1980) Perspective
Great quote from Gregory Bateson in his classic book ‘Steps to an Ecology of Mind’ which may go some way to explaining the difficult Christianity sometimes has with environmental issues, though obviously many Christians get this issue of stewardship of … Continue reading
Conservative Fear, Beliefs and Climate Change
Looking at conservative reaction to climate change analytically. I am reading Rebecca Costa’s interesting book ‘The Watchman’s Rattle’. She suggests that societies collapse when their complexity exceeds the current state of the evolution of the human brain to handle complexity, … Continue reading
Climate Change, Fundamentalism and Bayes’ Thereom
I loved reading Nate Silver (he of the accurate 2012 election forecasts) new book ‘The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail but Some Don’t.’ I especially liked his chapter on climate change: A Climate of Healthy Skepticism. … Continue reading
Elite Schools and Our Broken Societal System
/>..I asked a friend of mine, whose daughter is chosing which elite school to go to, a question: ‘We send some of our brightest and best students to apparently some of the best elite schools in the world, and when … Continue reading
Obama Claims Reagan Legacy as His Own
Interesting piece on the Maddow Blog by Steve Benen: When President Obama unveiled his proposals on preventing gun violence on Wednesday, he seemed eager to tout one of his predecessors. Ronald Reagan, Obama reminded his audience, was a “staunch … Continue reading
Global Crop Production Shows Some Signs of Stagnating: Max Fisher
Something that should be worrying us a lot and which has major future conflict implications: Max Fisher’s Washington Post article on the possible stagnation of global crop production. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/24/is-production-of-key-global-crops-stagnating/ After decades of rapidly growing global agricultural output, production … Continue reading
America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead by Kevin Drum
There is an excellent article in Mother Jones by Kevin Drum at http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline on the link between crime levels and lead in the atmosphere. It will be interesting if conservatives can get their head round the idea that crime rates … Continue reading
The Republican Party’s Denial of Reality aka Top Ten Tips on GOP Dysrationality
As humans, we have evolved the most incredible ability to imagine things being different from how they are. It was has enabled us to plan and implement huge civilization sized projects, create agriculture, industry and science, huge cities and infrastructure. … Continue reading
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