Author Archives: Richard O Fuller
Let’s have humility in the face of world population
Dear Friends, First a little context. I subscribe to a discussion group hosted by Quaker Earthcare Witness, which I would recommend. To join you would go to this page: https://www.quakerearthcare.org/article/get-involved And you would click on the boldfaced text ” Join … Continue reading
An epidemic of demoralization and a human Earthrise, for the survivors
Friends, I hope this is a turning point for me. In any case it’s two steps in the right direction. 1. This is one of those background things I would really like to talk about but have no particular timeline … Continue reading
Seeing the Light…
For almost a year now I have been able to move into optimism as needed. Optimism similar to Joanna Macy’s Active Hope. But my stance, to this point, has been: “I’m paying attention and I’m ready. Along with all of the bad … Continue reading
A Non-theist Tries to Accept Some Christian Gifts
A huge thing has been floating near and nearer to the surface of my awareness. For years I’ve thought the thing I glimpsed was floating up, floating in, to my awareness. One month I’d see a contour here, the next, … Continue reading
Two Old Heros and a New One
It’s been over a year… since my last post here. I’ve been busy with other things. We are even closer to financial meltdown, but that’s a given; we’ll cope as best we can, when it comes… Thanks to Ilze for … Continue reading
Time For An Adrenaline Rush
I don’t usually “rush to print” here, but these are new times. I’ve been saying for a year now, “before Obama leaves office…” Here’s new confirmation of this timeline. Paul Gilding, whom I wrote about a year ago, is now … Continue reading
~A New Life-Chapter~
You know how things change… sometimes it’s slow, and then you look around and IT’S DIFFERENT? What I’ve been doing on this website up to this point feels like it’s in the past. Not irrelevant. I wouldn’t think of taking … Continue reading
Global-Reset Events
Most of my friends know how to “reset” or “restart” a computer. They know that it wipes the short-term memory clean, but leaves the underlying machinery intact, and leaves intact work they have done, that they have saved a copy … Continue reading
Resilience
So, Andrew Zolli, author of Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back, is part of an association of change agents who have gathered together under the name “Pop Tech.” Andrew “curates” conferences which draw presenters from mostly-isolated “silos of excellence” together with knowledgeable audiences … Continue reading
Distracted?
Or Terrified Beyond Words? I feel good about what I wrote in the first six posts of this year. And then I stopped. I feel good about that, too. My emotional life, my intellectual understanding, are part of a larger … Continue reading
Gaia Voices 