New Year’s Eve puts some people in a rah-rah kind of mood, and others get pensive and reflective. Although I’ve done my share of partying in the past, this year I’m feeling pretty subdued. The rainy weather outside doesn’t help matters. Yes, we’ve got a cold nasty rain going on this year in New England–not [...]
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Talking ’bout revolution on New Year’s Eve
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 31, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/talking-bout-revolution-on-new-years-eve/
“Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine”
I believe that we are coming to a crossroads as a nation. Since 9/11, we’ve been traveling down a road bristling with guns, military technology, paranoia and fear. Though most of our aggressive energy has been aimed outside our borders, there has also been a steady preparation for mass violence within the U.S. as well. [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 29, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/let-your-life-be-a-counter-friction-to-stop-the-machine/
Methane Burps and Political Disenfranchisement: People, Wake Up!
There are two pieces of news that have me really worried today, one environmental, the other political. The environmental news, predictably, is about global warming. I suppose most people have heard by now about the giant methane plumes being released into the atmosphere from the melting Arctic permafrost, but did you realize the scale of [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 28, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/methane-burps-and-political-disenfranchisement-people-wake-up/
Survival is not an academic skill
Yesterday I wrote that I intend to devote my second half of life (OK, let’s be real, we’re talking about more like my last third of life at this point) to parenting and trying to change our global social systems to be sustainable and non-exploitative. That intention rolled around in my head overnight, and I [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 27, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/survival-is-not-an-academic-skill/
Seeking balance in a bipolar holiday season
I have felt quite bipolar this Christmas season. On the one hand, I have been going through all the familiar routines and patterns that I have observed at this time of year since earliest childhood: the planning, the extra shopping and cooking, the merry-making with friends and family, the sharing of gifts, especially for the [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 26, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/seeking-balance-in-a-bipolar-holiday-season/
De-coupling our wagons from the locomotive of global capitalism
There is a clear spectrum of response to the urgency of the environmental and economic challenges that face us. On the one end is the Deep Green Resistance movement, calling for a complete take-down of industrialized civilization, violently if necessary (and it would be necessary, of course–industrial civilization won’t go down without a fight, unless [...]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Community, Environment, New stories, Politics, Resilience, Social change
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 22, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/de-coupling-our-wagons-from-the-locomotive-of-global-capitalism/
Solstice reflections: Women as Victims of Violence and as Peace Agents
Winter solstice eve, 2011. The darkest day of the year, and yet presaging the return to light. The stars and planets continue to wheel overhead, taking little notice of all the sturm und drang here on Earth. Tonight there is one image that keeps calling out to me for comment. It goes by the Web [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 21, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/solstice-reflections-women-as-victims-of-violence-and-as-peace-agents/
1% > 99%: Don’t Mess with the Rich, and Leave Inequality Alone
Why does it not surprise me that no comments were allowed on this op-ed piece from Sunday’s NY Times, which has been rankling at me for the past couple of days? The authors, one a prof of law at Yale, the other UC Berkeley professor of law and economics, pose as compassionate conservatives who are [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 20, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/1-99-dont-mess-with-the-rich-and-leave-inequality-alone/
The Silence of the Bees
Usually during the holidays I catch the frenzied good cheer from everyone else and wind myself up to make merry. This year, I just can’t seem to find the spark. Maybe it’s a case of SAD (seasonable affective disorder). Maybe it’s the fact that it’s the first holiday after my divorce was finalized, and that [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 18, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/the-silence-of-the-bees/
Call to Action in Dark Times
This time of year in New England is cold and dark: short days and long, starry nights. As the planet wheels towards the winter solstice, human beings, for thousands of years, have huddled around fires and turned to storytelling as a bridge back to warmth and the coming of springtime. It’s no different now, except [...]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Futures, Environment, New stories, Politics, Social change, Spiritual growth
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on December 17, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/call-to-action-in-dark-times/
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