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Shepherd Bliss

Shepherd Bliss operates Kokopelli Farm, teaches part-time at Dominican University in San Rafael, has contributed to two-dozen books, and can be reached at shepherd.bliss@dominican.edu.

About Shepherd Bliss

Dr. Shepherd Bliss runs the website Wine and Water Watch and has contributed to two-dozen books. He also hosts the program “A Better World is Possible” on KOWS-FM radio in Sebastopol, CA.

Grapes of Wrath: Travails of a Produce Farmer in Wine Country

By Shepherd Bliss | November 30, 2015

grapes

Many good reasons exist, other than merely earning money, to be a food farmer, though getting paid is an important benefit. Working outside in nature is good for the body and soul. Nature is a helpful, abundant teacher that can aid humans to develop humility and understand our appropriate roles on this miraculous Earth, rather than damage the environment. Seeing beautiful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: farming, Sonoma County CA, sprawl

A date with Death, over coffee

By Shepherd Bliss | February 17, 2014

coffee cup

"I have an appointment with death this evening," I explained, smiling to friends upon leaving them. Their startled faces revealed feelings such as fear and a lack of understanding. While living in Mexico, their Day of the Dead became my favorite holiday. I especially liked celebrating it in traditional villages, like Tepotzlan. The whole town seemed to go to the cemetery … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Death Café, Santa Rosa, Scott Nearing, Sebastopol, Walt Whitman

Gratitude to trees

By Shepherd Bliss | November 9, 2012

Tree

Written as a guide to prepare students from two classes—“Place and Identity” and “Conservation Biology”--for a walk into the woods beyond Dominican University of California. Morning: Listening Trees transform, shield, shade and provide oxygen, fruit, and beauty. They offer many other gifts. Without trees, humans wouldn't survive. Through the magical process of photosynthesis, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: communication, ecology, nature

Shame on Sonoma State University

By Shepherd Bliss | May 11, 2012

Shame

Retired Citigroup CEO Sanford Weill will receive an honorary doctorate, as will his wife Joan, from Sonoma State University in Northern California on May 12. Some SSU students, faculty, staff, and alumni are upset by this degree, describing it as “dishonorable.” As someone who has taught at SSU for the last four years, this reporter has been interviewing members of our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: activism, communication, community organizing, Occupy Wall Street, plutocracy

Creating community: Lessons from Occupy

By Shepherd Bliss | April 4, 2012

Occupy

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) began using public space in New York’s Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, 2011, prompting hundreds of similar encampments around the world. During the past six months, this mass movement has been assaulted by police and by the corporate media. It has also experienced internal conflicts. While planning an explosion of spring awakenings, OWS has dealt with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: activism, communication, community organizing, Occupy Wall Street, starhawk

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