Comments on Ecological Gardening: Ecological Reality Is Not What You Hypothesize

The theory makes sense. I've wondered why the ...

2011-07-01T20:21:41.628-07:00

The theory makes sense. I've wondered why the economy has to grow all the time? of course it's always the economists and politicians that tell us that. It just causes a lot of misery.

Hi Tom, Thanks for stopping by. Your website looks...

2011-06-24T19:12:28.429-07:00

Hi Tom,
Thanks for stopping by. Your website looks interesting--it looks like you're doing good work.

Hi Megan, Oh, yes, computer time...Necessary for w...

2011-06-24T19:08:41.919-07:00

Hi Megan,
Oh, yes, computer time...Necessary for work, but it's too easy to get side-tracked. Yeah, winter is good for reading these kinds of books.

Hi Don, Thanks for the good words. It did take ti...

2011-06-24T19:05:53.518-07:00

Hi Don,

Thanks for the good words. It did take time to write--it's nice you understand about that sort of thing. I'm now reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle but then will look at the Berry book. As you know I like his essays very much.

Great review and yes, we're living on the horn...

2011-06-24T17:41:27.371-07:00

Great review and yes, we're living on the horns of a dilemma, trying to midwife a new way of living into existence while the old one appears to thrive even if it has been diagnosed as terminal.

I thank the stars that I moved to a rural area in the 3rd world where the people are used to adversity and living off the land.

Thanks for your thoughtful, incredibly thorough re...

2011-06-24T14:31:19.576-07:00

Thanks for your thoughtful, incredibly thorough review. I almost feel I don't need to read the book now! (Though I do realize that was not at all your intention.)

We don't own a TV either, but unfortunately, the computer seems to suck just as much time and life energy, keeping me from being outside as many hours as would be more conducive to the kind of science Greer has been

Excellent review, Adrian. Thank you for taking the...

2011-06-24T08:45:02.702-07:00

Excellent review, Adrian. Thank you for taking the time to put it together. I look forward to reading Greer's book, even if I may have difficulty getting my mind around all that he discusses.

While not quite in the same category as Greer (but what is?), another recently-published book on economics that's well worth reading is Wendell Berry's What Matters? Economics for a

Hi Heather, I think what he means is that all of ...

2011-06-23T09:22:53.308-07:00
Hi Heather,

I think what he means is that all of us concerned individuals (and small groups, communities, etc.) need to be making changes without waiting for our society as a whole to go in that direction.

Hi E. E. Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, one h...

2011-06-23T09:19:49.216-07:00
Hi E. E.

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, one hopes more people will embrace an eco-centric perspective.

I'm surprised he concluded that adjustments ne...

2011-06-23T06:58:29.581-07:00
I'm surprised he concluded that adjustments need to be made voluntarily because I don't have a lot of optimism that society as a whole can make the change needed.

I'm looking forward to reading this and getting a better understanding of where our current economic assumptions come from.
Thanks

The TV is running, but I don't watch. What sha...

2011-06-22T12:20:00.163-07:00
The TV is running, but I don't watch. What shall we do?

What you write is being read.

Today someone came to my blog looking for dangerous snakes in the national park, and found my post on snakes, and PEOPLE are dangerous. NOT what they were looking for. But perhaps I made them think?