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the biotic mandala, what it is

By Kurt Heidinger on May 17, 2013 in beauty, biome, citizenship, consumerism, Director's Notes, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, imagination, sustainability, time

Time to imagine what a biocitizen is again, if only b/c we learned a few days ago that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurement—and probably more than 3 million years of Earth history. The last time the [...]

Biocitizen gives a QAPP

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 27, 2013 in citizenship, Director's Notes, ecology, imagination, sustainability, time

One of Biocitizen’s missions is to publish materials in the field of environmental philosophy, and to this end we offer our proposed QAPP—Quality Assurance Protection Plan—written by Jason Johnson, anadromous fish specialist. It explains the wonky aspects of our long-term stream and river monitoring via rapid biotic assessment initiative . I’d like to express gratitude [...]

Spring Hunting

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 26, 2013 in beauty, biome, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, ecology, endosymbiosis, imagination, sustainability

Cross-post from Hilltown Families: The Ripple: Hunting for Springs in Western MA Spring Hunting Spring has a leap of the leprechaun in it; who can deny that?—but spring’s called spring not because of its leapiness. Spring’s called spring because of the upwelling waters that appear as the frozen earth thaws. Right now is the best time [...]

Northampton DPW Environmental Engineer David Veleta telling Our Place campers about the how's and the why's of the landfill

Letter of thanks sent to N’Hamp DPW

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 25, 2013 in biome, citizenship, Director's Notes, imagination, sustainability

Northampton Department of Public Works Edward Huntley, Director 125 Locust St. Northampton, MA 01060 3.23.13 Dear Director Huntley, I am writing to express sincere gratitude to you and your department, and especially to Nicole Sanford and David Veleta, for so generously sharing your time and your expertise with students from the Biocitizen School. The fact [...]

Transgenic DNA from GMOs in Chinese Rivers—why is it suddenly there?

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 22, 2013 in biome, citizenship, consumerism, Director's Notes, ecocide, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, GMO, imagination, religion, sustainability, technological determinism, time

(NOTE: this revised version correctly attributes Sichuan University researchers, and not Dr. Ignacio Chapela, for the discovery discussed below.) UC Berkeley microbiologist Dr Ignacio Chapela has commented on a discovery, by a research team from Sichuan University, of “the escape and establishment of transgenic DNA from GMOs” in rivers in China. That’s not good news. The [...]

Looking for Jonathan Edwards @ Forbes Library

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 21, 2013 in biome, Director's Notes, imagination, religion, sustainability, time

Confession: this is written by one who’d rather take a train, than drive, to NYC and Boston. I dream of train tracks instead of highways, & like trolleys and bikes more than buses or cabs. See those trolley tracks on Main St? The map, held by Forbes library, is a century old. How time flies… [...]

thinking like a superorganism—again!

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 04, 2013 in citizenship, consumerism, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, imagination, religion, sustainability, technological determinism, time

I read a stimulating opinion piece by Tom Englehardt this morning about how American culture is adapting to suit the conditions of global warming: Climate Change as History’s Deal-Breaker. His observations about how our (devotion to our) economy prevents us from evolving are definitely worth considering. This one especially: “It’s difficult to organize for or even [...]

The Krugs with Our Place summercampers in front of the Judd black walnut

Trans-generational Amnesia, conclusion

By Kurt Heidinger on Feb 26, 2013 in aesthetics, beauty, biome, citizenship, consumerism, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, imagination, Jefferson, religion, sustainability, technological determinism, time

I’m trying to remember where I was. Until I do please let me entertain you with a tale of local color. When my family moved from to Westhampton about eight years ago, one of the first friends we made were our neighbors, Dan and Jessie Krug. We were very lucky to meet them because they [...]

Trans-generational Amnesia, part 4

By Kurt Heidinger on Feb 13, 2013 in citizenship, consumerism, deep biotic immersion, Director's Notes, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, evolution, imagination, religion, sustainability, technological determinism, time

Biocitizen maxim: “You are more than you have ever been taught.” You are the product of 4 billion years of evolution by natural selection. In other words, you’re not 12 or 65 or 27 or 34 years old. You are the breaking crest of a wave of life, a tsunami of being, generated in deep [...]

Trans-generational Amnesia, part 3

By Kurt Heidinger on Feb 12, 2013 in citizenship, Director's Notes, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, evolution, imagination, religion, sustainability, technological determinism

We have admired monarch butterflies for the amazing trans-generational memory they have. This memory is shared by 4 -generations, and it ensures their survival by natural selection as they do a life&death relayrace from Mexico to Canada every year. We have observed that Fukushima meltdowns were caused, not by a tsunami; they were caused by [...]

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