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Derrick Jensen has Inspired Me to Question Civilization

By Sherry Ackerman | October 22, 2015

liberate from civilization

I rode my horse out through the woods the other day. It was a beautiful Autumn afternoon as golden light filtered through the trees. My horse was keen to graze in an open meadow, so we found a spot where he could forage for some greenery among the late season grasses. On my ride out, I had been thinking about the widening gulf between the natural world and contemporary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: civilization, Derrick Jensen

If you don’t like civilization, please don’t blame it on beer

By Erik Curren | January 30, 2012

barley for beer

I like beer. But I'm not so sure how I feel about civilization these days. When I think that humans taking control of the Earth has killed whole seas, is melting permafrost and may just end the whole thing in a mushroom cloud of thermonuclear Armageddon, it doesn't make me want to enjoy a cold tumbler of a hoppy IPA. It makes me want to swig Gordon's Gin straight from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: beer, civilization, farming, Fertile Crescent

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