October 2025 – Phila Back
1 post published by Phila Back during October 2025| Phila Back
The case for limiting human population in order to maintain the natural resources upon which it depends was powerfully made for the public by the Club of Rome’s 1972 report The Limits to Growth.&nb…| Phila Back
Steve Emmons, USFWS https://pixnio.com/fauna-animals/birds/goose-pictures/snow-geese-pictures/snow-geese-and-ross-geese-in-flight At this time of rapidly rising authoritarianism and environmental destruction many people wonder what they can do and if the action they take has meaningful impact. In the past resistance has succeeded when very large numbers of people join it, so while we know what has to be done we struggle … Continue reading Live Free| Phila Back
Steve Emmons, USFWS In this time of growing authoritarianism that aims to escalate the impacts of climate change I recently hosted my fourth John Lewis national day of action on the anniversary of …| Phila Back
I look out upon my garden which is filled with flowering plants. Something will grow in every square inch of it, so, except for the brick and stone walkways, fruit trees and berry bushes, I intend that those things should be flowers, not weeds, which still must continually be pulled. My garden is a plenum … Continue reading Plenitude| Phila Back
One’s body is a center of action whose activity extends into “external” objects as it functionally conjoins with them. Thus, standing on the ground my body is functionally conjoined with it as they each press upon each other. In the same way, as I grasp an object with my hand, it manifests the solid shape … Continue reading Building Strength| Phila Back
Videvo With his 1962 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kuhn launched the concept of paradigm shift which could be applied to a variety of historical cultural changes as well as desired future ones. Increasingly people are calling for a worldview shift to address our crises with climate, capitalism, social life and more. Because the … Continue reading Shifting the Paradigm| Phila Back
Photo by Brad Barmore https://unsplash.com/photos/iLK1W79UdcU That humans are primarily driven by self-interest is an eternal axiom, but what is the self and what is its interest? As we agonize over the harm caused by people’s pursuit of wealth and status, let’s take a moment to reflect on these questions. What if we were to find … Continue reading Onward! From Minimal to Maximal Self| Phila Back
Study Solutions Since its creation I have supported Rupert Read’s Climate Majority Project as the answer to achieving the climate action we need. Read observes that the majority of people are concerned about climate change and to effectively combat it, that majority must act. The same is now true with our current crisis of democracy, … Continue reading Living Like a Fungus| Phila Back
Study Solutions Introduction We’re presently in a full-blown crisis of democracy that happens to coincide with the escalating climate crisis. I started organizing to raise climate consciousne…| Phila Back
Wikimedia Commons The result of the 2024 U.S. presidential election signals the end of federal action to combat climate change and a bonanza for fossil fuel extraction and consumption. These are coming now as climate change impacts are escalating and affecting our day-to-day lives. This summer and fall there have been record high temperatures where … Continue reading Freedom| Phila Back
Photo by Rod M on Unsplash One of my sublime joys is seeing my delphiniums bloom, the seeds of which I planted in the spring of the previous year and which I transferred from pots to the ground that fall. Another is looking at my masses of New England asters flowering in early autumn. After … Continue reading The Joy of Fulfillment| Phila Back
Photo by Jaime Baez In this time of more or less total crisis the people must act, yet the vast majority don’t. As a grassroots organizer I see that what people need are motivation and direction. …| Phila Back
torli @torli On a recent morning I noticed a skunk roaming around my back yard. This surprised me, since over the thirty-one years I have lived here I have many times smelled evidence that a …| Phila Back
Diogo Tavares Unsplash Seeing the orange sky and feeling the 103°F heat index on a day in the summer of 2023 I also observed that the people around me were proceeding with business as usual, obliv…| Phila Back
The Livin’ Man by Lindsay Fitzpatrick Introduction In 1961 French director Robert Enrico made a film adaptation of the short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.1 …| Phila Back
Free ebook at Freedom A 21st Century Update Contents Introduction  …| Phila Back
Free ebook at From Minimal to Maximal Self Photo by Chris Linnett Contents Introduction &…| Phila Back
