Category: economy

The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 3
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The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 3

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 19, 2010 in Director's Notes, Jefferson, citizenship, consumerism, economy, time

In parts 1 & 2 of this meditation, I’ve shown how our over-the-top consumerism makes us hog the world’s natural resources and invade nations so we can continue the hogging, and how our hoggishness corrupts our political, economic and legal culture. Now let’s consider Thomas Jefferson’s definitions of citizenship and freedom. Volumes have been written [...]

The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 2
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The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 2

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 17, 2010 in Director's Notes, citizenship, consumerism, economy, sustainability

Yesterday I outlined the way in which our over-the-top consumerism gives our government a reason to invade other lands, and subjugate and dispossess other people, with the intention of reducing the $$ cost of the materials we “need” to perpetuate our over-the-top consumerism. Talk about a feedback loop! We have been told, even by former [...]

The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 1
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The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 1

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 16, 2010 in Director's Notes, citizenship, consumerism, economy, sustainability

After 9/11, Mr. Bush had the chance to summon the country to a great nation-building project focused on breaking our addiction to oil. Instead, he told us to go shopping. Thomas Friedman, NYTs After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Bush didn’t call for sacrifice. He called for shopping. “Get down to Disney World in Florida,” [...]

Permaculture and "Weed-Eating"
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Permaculture and “Weed-Eating”

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 11, 2010 in Director's Notes, economy, locavore, permaculture

This post from the NYTs about purslane, an easy to find weed and superfood, brings me back to some of the discussions we’ve had at Grown in Westhampton. Permaculture means “permanent culture,” and is a concept more or less allied with the concepts of “sustainable economy” and “support your local farmer.” In its most authentic [...]

What time it is
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What time it is

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 07, 2010 in Director's Notes, ecocide, economy, time

How we think of time is how we think of nature. Erland Scriviner No doubt we behold the many doomsday scenarios—today it’s the the mass extinction of flowers—with a strong sense of moral outrage. Lately, though, so many things are going wrong that we ought to be amazed. Our species has the ability to understand [...]

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