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How the UVA community rallied together

By Staff Reports | June 29, 2012

Suzie McCarthy

There are a number of compelling Internet memes circulating Facebook right now that speak to those pivotal moments when we either do, or do not, take action against a perceived wrong. A particularly urgent one is a photo from the civil rights era showing a group being assaulted by gushing water from a fire hose. It's accompanied by a quote from Desmond Tutu saying, If you are … [Read more...]

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

Peak oil, adapting for big changes ahead

By Staff Reports | February 22, 2012

Vintage Pump

Peak oil. What changes might it bring and what mind shifts may we have to make to prepare ourselves to face these challenges, both in a practical sense and psychologically? This is the basis for Peak Moment TV Conversation' 351 with Energy Bulletin co-editor Bart Anderson. With the possibility of such dramatic change to how we live, how we interact with the world, and even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films, Reviews Tagged With: communication, DIY, education, Peak Moment TV, peak oil

Morality in the sphere of education

By Staff Reports | February 1, 2012

Waldorf School

"Ethics concerns no small matter, but how we ought to live." --Socrates (in Plato's Republic) No matter what our vocation or direction in life, how we're educated helps to condition our responses to the world and our capacity to live in a good and meaningful way. This is why if you have children, it's really important to make sure that you send them to the right school. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Education Tagged With: art, communication, education

Education panel at ASPO-USA conference

By Staff Reports | December 2, 2011

Peak oil ed

Education was the theme of the second half of ASPO US's day four conversation seminars. The speakers in the first panel gave insight into how they reach people about resource depletion. Charles Hall, professor of Biophysical Economics at State University of New York, and ASPO crowd favorite, criticized economics departments for continuing to teach neo-classical economic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: ASPO, education, peak oil

Who will sound the peak oil alarm?

By Erik Curren | November 9, 2011

Postcard of Paul Revere's ride

Don't expect to hear that the age of cheap oil might be coming to an end in President Obama's next State of the Union speech. Don't expect Energy Secretary Steven Chu to announce gas rationing to begin in January so America can gradually prepare for more expensive oil. And don't expect ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute or OPEC to apologize for cooking their books all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: advocacy, ASPO-USA, education, peak oil

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