Andrée Zaleska’s Posts

• Low Impact, No Publicity

  Simple people 5

  Posted 5 days, 18 hours agoCertain people get a lot of attention for living simply (ahem, No Impact Man, Sleeping Naked lady). But simple living is all around us, offering inspiration that doesn't come in the form of press releases.

• Knock Me Over With a Paradigm Shift

  The best part about climate change 1

  Posted 3 weeks, 5 days agoSure, climate chaos has wreaked havoc on the planet and on our correspondent's personal life, but there are glimmers of hope -- most recently, in the form of strangers wielding hammers.

• Love in a time of cataclysm, part 2

  Therapy on the Titanic 4

  Posted 1 month, 1 week agoFeeling sad, confused, angry, or hopeless over climate chaos? You're not alone. Here are a few thoughts on the emotional side of the climate issue, and resources for finding support.

• Dispatch from the virtual front lines of parenting

  The fight to save childhood 8

  Posted 2 months ago

  What happens when sustainability and internet addiction collide? At the JP Green House, an experiment in unplugging commences along with the new school year.

• Humbly lining up behind Thoreau

  Blood, sweat, and vision: The JP Green House in its ugly duckling phase 3

  Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago

  You can't tell from the tall grass and gutted interior that the JP Green House is going to be a model of sustainable living, but its creators still believe -- and most of their visitors do too.

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  350 (Oct 24) was wonderful. So moving! It is the shot heard round the world, the first step, and it is already coming so late... For visions of a positive future we can look to Transition Towns (www.transitionus.org). But the hard part is still to come: Massive civil disobedience will be necessary to really startle our politicians and corporate masters. I look to Climate Ground Zero (www.climategroundzero.org) in West Virginia for inspiration: Fighting coal and mountaintop removal with the physical barrier of human bodies. Onward!On Toward the language of excitement, opportunity, and potential posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago 3 Responses

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  Argh! The JP Green House will be ten years old by the time any of this "weatherization" money trickles down to us! It does not pay to be in the vanguard!On Weatherization will save us all posted 3 weeks ago 6 Responses

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  Yes, my mistake. Temperature rise is usually measured in Celsius. I'll have Grist correct it.On Therapy on the Titanic posted 1 month, 1 week ago 4 Responses

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  We can duck from reality behind a screen or a book, and in so many other ways. Ultimately, its a spiritual choice we make as we confront our addictions (I believe we all have addictions.) But right now we, as parents, are guiding our children's spiritual lives, so we make the rules that we think will help them. In the end, they're own their own.

  On The fight to save childhood posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 8 Responses

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  If I saw my child engaged in any activity to the exclusion of all others, it would set off a warning bell.  Certainly there have always been kids who read constantly, and they are often disguising shyness or social difficulties. I agree that doesn't bother people as much as the obsessive-gaming, but I think it probably should.

  I'm in agreement with you that there is nothing wrong with gaming, inherently.  You could also say there nothing wrong with alcohol or drugs, inherently, in moderation. It's the pattern of the behavior that warrants scrutiny.

  On The fight to save childhood posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 8 Responses