After finally getting Toward a Commons culture online, I celebrated by going out to Ahjumawi for three days of kayak camping. On the second day, coming back from a long, before-sunrise to midday drift through the marsh, I lay down … Continued
Table of Contents for the longest ever posting to my blog Toward a Commons culture An Anthem for the Commons Announcing the Third Edition of Shifting/Seeing Nature Snippets: Andromeda Galaxy unit The Techno-Optimist Manifesto Toward a Commons culture Offering A … Continued
Chrysalis goes on two school camping trips each year. I go on most of them. After the skits at the Saturday evening campfire, I tell a story. Here is a paraphrase of the story I told this week. “When I … Continued
I received this email from one of my former Chrysalis eighth-graders. A wonderful, confirming video and a wonderful back and forth gift-giving between generations. Thank you, Andrew! Hi Paul, I saw this video from the USGS and thought you’d enjoy … Continued
It was eight years ago so I can’t remember whether it was during the settling down into seats as the 8th graders came back in after recess or whether it was later during a class discussion. Anyway, at some point, … Continued
I attended this year’s DWeb Camp https://dwebcamp.org/. (“Discovering Flows” was this year’s theme so I really had to go.) There were scores of presentations on decentralizing technology (which my “go high in the drainage” sort of fits into) but lots … Continued
I’ve read articles reporting on the declining birth rates in many countries. Most of the articles report this as a problem which puzzles me because, from the perspective of climate change, reducing our population is one of the most important … Continued
RainfallThe average annual rainfall for our area is about 17” per year. I have a rain gauge in our garden I use to record daily rainfall. A week ago, we surpassed 42”. Playing in this abundance of rain nourished most … Continued
Balancing Poles Every year on the first day of school, I had my eighth-grade class balance poles because it provides a strong kinesthetic experience with feedback, one of the major themes of my eighth-grade class. Some kids could balance; some … Continued
Describes the “small water cycle” and the power within it to help reverse climate change.