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Tag: Ecology

People of the Earth

Posted on February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 by Gus

One of the most important research projects for me personally, perhaps the most important, is better understanding perceptions about “place” within many indigenous peoples’ cultures. Over and over we hear traditional indigenous peoples say they and the place wherein they … Read more

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The DDT Lie

Posted on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 by Gus

When I was invited a few years ago to attend a meeting of the once classical liberal Mt. Pelerin Society in Salt Lake City I was surprised to hear little in the way of informed conversation about markets and ecologies. … Read more

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What is “Left Hayekianism”?

Posted on March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 by Gus

Words like “left” and “right” no longer have any clear meaning.  But if there is a central theme, historically, people “on the left” have focused on issues of inequality of power. This has been interpreted in many ways, sometimes contradictorily, … Read more

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Transforming the Cultural Appropriation Debate: Pagan and magickal insights.

Posted on September 2, 2017March 14, 2021 by Gus

The common academic issue of whether or not one engages in ‘cultural appropriation’ has divided the Pagan community. I have been very explicit in my dislike of the idea, but in working out just why I dislike the concept I … Read more

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Hayekian Insights on Capitalism Part III: Capitalism and Nature

Posted on October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 by Gus

Capitalism undermines the natural systems that support human well-being for the same reason it undermines civil society: the values it elevates above all others are incompatible with human or natural flourishing. Capitalism fails to achieve the minimal ethical standards to … Read more

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Re-thinking the Obvious: Modernity and Living Respectfully with Nature

Posted on September 14, 2015September 21, 2019 by Gus

http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/167/201… Read more

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Creating Institutions of Care: The Case for Democratic Forest Trusts

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Gus

In: Watson, Alan; Dean, Liese; Sproull, Janet, comps. 2005. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium; 2005 September 30–October 6; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-000. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, … Read more

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Earth Day 2015: a Pagan take

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Gus

My piece on it is over at Witches and Pagans.… Read more

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What’s in a Name? Capitalism, Crony Capitalism, and Corporatism: Why Terminology Matters

Posted on March 6, 2015March 7, 2015 by Gus

A number of classical liberals to whom I sent my paper on capitalism and civil society replied there is much with which they agree, but think I should use the term “crony capitalism” rather than “capitalism.”  They point out my … Read more

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Bernd Heinrich’s “Life Everlasting”: a review essay

Posted on October 19, 2014December 13, 2014 by Gus

This has been cross-posted at Witches and Pagans.

Scientists motivated by a deep love and fascination for the natural world share much of a Pagan sensibility about the world’s intrinsic value without our metaphysics, but with skills of observation … Read more

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