Sonnet for Cancun
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by timrayner in The movement
The chat-fest at Cancun inspires many reactions. Paul Horan has recommended the following passage, an excerpt from the Sonnets to Orpheus, by the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke. I hope it resonates with you as much as it does with us. ^TR ————————————————————— The Machine endangers all we have made. We allow it to rule [...]
Message to the negotiators at Cancun
Posted on 05. Dec, 2010 by richard_whiteford in The movement
For the last three million years natural CO2 levels hovered around 280 parts per million (PPM). But since 1750 they abruptly (in geological time) increased to today’s 390 PPM. Life’s stability on the planet now teeters on a CO2 fulcrum precariously tilting toward demise. Skeptics can shout all the Cassandra epithets they want about this [...]
