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Bill Clinton's latest bad idea: Goldman Sachs trading "carbon credits" on Wall St.
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Bill Clinton’s latest bad idea: Goldman Sachs trading “carbon credits” on Wall St.

By Kurt Heidinger on Mar 29, 2012 in Director's Notes, Uncategorized, citizenship, consumerism, ecocide, ecology, economy, endosymbiosis, energy sources, evolution, sustainability, technological determinism, time

When he was president, Bill Clinton lobbied for, and signed into law, NAFTA and the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. Both acts were advertised as being liberal and progressive—NAFTA because by removing tariffs and promoting “free trade” it would raise everybody’s standard of living; and, getting rid of Glass-Steagall would increase everyone’s freedom and prosperity [...]

Walking Jonathan & Sarah's Paradise
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Walking Jonathan & Sarah’s Paradise

By Kurt Heidinger on Dec 01, 2011 in Uncategorized

Downtown Northampton A glimpse of paradise Stoddard House First Church Where Edwards House was #1 Where Edward’s House was #2 Pascommuck: the Great Awakening begins at the foot of Nonotuck Read this, too. The Meadows Rainbow Beach

Jonathan Edwards: Northampton as Paradise City
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Jonathan Edwards: Northampton as Paradise City

By Kurt Heidinger on Nov 23, 2011 in Uncategorized

Jonathan Edwards: Northampton as Paradise City How Northampton Became Paradise Thomas Aquinas believed paradise was not just in heaven; it was terrestrial—but impossible to get to. In the Summa Theologica, he wrote, “The situation of paradise is shut off from the habitable world by mountains, or seas, or some torrid region, which cannot be crossed; [...]

2010 Rapid Biotic Assessment results!
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2010 Rapid Biotic Assessment results!

By Kurt Heidinger on Sep 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

We’ll be comparing this year’s assessments with these, the ones we did last year. All watercourses achieved an status of “exceptional” water quality! We’re also assessing 6 new sites (click to see)! Sodden Brook, in Westhampton, near Hampshire Regional High School: Mill River in Northampton, at Baystate: Mill River in Haydenville, at Brassworks: Upper North [...]

American Animism: 4 Environmental Philosophy discussions
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American Animism: 4 Environmental Philosophy discussions

By Kurt Heidinger on Sep 06, 2011 in Uncategorized

If you love nature, and would like to know why, you’ll benefit from these four discussions about American Animism. We’ll explore the primary textual sources, and discover the basic concepts of, animism—the belief inherent in all religions that God is alive, in (and sometimes as) nature. My goal is to equip you with a historically-grounded [...]

Our Place 7 25 11 Peck
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Our Place 7 25 11 Peck

By Kurt Heidinger on Aug 10, 2011 in Uncategorized
Our Place 9-10 7 11
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Our Place 9-10 7 11

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 25, 2011 in Uncategorized
Our Place 9-10 pics 6 2011
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Our Place 9-10 pics 6 2011

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 11, 2011 in Uncategorized
pics for Our Place 1-3
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pics for Our Place 1-3

By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 11, 2011 in Uncategorized
Mahatma Gandhi, satyaraha & purslane, the wild superfood
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Mahatma Gandhi, satyaraha & purslane, the wild superfood

By Kurt Heidinger on Jun 15, 2011 in Director's Notes, Uncategorized, citizenship, consumerism, ecology, endosymbiosis, sustainability

In 1935, in the midst of the satyagraha campaign, Gandhi was looking for ways to help his people reject English capitalism. One of the ways was to teach them to eat weeds.* He liked purslane, a superfood loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, that is growing now here in the Nonotuck biome. Strew a handful into [...]

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