How much longer do you hope to live? How long do you hope your children or grandchildren will live? Do you think you or your loved ones will live 60 more years? If so, you’ll be around to witness the end of food production on the planet. Unless, that is, we become...
The mortuary at Dorchester hospital is in a small, single story building, hidden away in a far corner around the back of the hospital. I know this because for six months in the late 1980’s I worked in the family funeral business. Part of that business included a...
The biggest lies hide right out in the open. They are so pervasive that we simply do not have eyes to see them. Our brains are hardwired for novelty and difference — so we filter out common things like the nose that is always in our line of sight. No one has to...
I believe most people, if polled, would say that they value health, peace, and the protection of natural resources like clean water, fertile land, and unpolluted air. I do! Don’t you? However when looking at a typical American meal, what is present are items that...
This essay was a talk given by the author at the Economics of Happiness Conference, Portland February 27 – March 1, 2015. Written by: Bayo Akomolafe (PhD). Coordinator, International Alliance for Localization This past year, on an October afternoon, we carefully...
