Reject climate change? Your grandkids will read your words.
I am pleased to welcome Brian Ettling as a new blogger on BoomerWarrior. (Editor: BommerWarrior.Org). This article is also posted in ClimateBites. Brian is moving into a career that educates and...
View ArticleThe Five “Es” of Human Destiny
Desmond Berghofer is a grandfather with 12 young grandchildren. Like many grandparents, he believes that we are living fossil-fuel intensive lives leading to serious implications for our grandchildren....
View ArticleThe Role of Grandparents
I closed the last post by saying, “And so we have come to it: the greatest opportunity for enlightened courageous action that humanity has ever had.” Opportunity to do what? Nothing less than reshape...
View ArticleThe Spectre of Time
But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. (Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress) As I look into the distance, deeply...
View ArticleDreams for Our Grandchildren
This article is republished with the permission of Desmond Berghober of grandparentsforthefuture (Editor ~ RMontpellier). Introduction I write from a heart filled with love for my grandchildren. With...
View ArticleAre Kids Growing Up on Electronics? There are Repercussions. ~ Lynn Hasselberger
My husband and I aren’t perfect parents But we have strict—some would say abusive—limits on screen time. Thirty minutes a day if all chores and homework are complete. Weekend days, our son (now 12) is...
View ArticleWhich Way Do We Go From Here?
Desmond Berghofer’s Blog, GrandparentsForTheFuture “tells how humanity strove to become a controlling force over nature. It is not a noble story; but neither can it be said to be an ignoble story. It...
View ArticleLooking Ahead – The Next Four Decades
In this post, Desmond Berghofer deals with what the next four decades might be like for our grandchildren. His writing on “the moral dimension of economics” paints a “disquieting picture of where...
View ArticleWhat Do You Love?
From the Climate Reality Project There is no mystery in why we love. The mystery is what we would do without it. To love a thing means wanting it to exist. Discover the things you can’t live without....
View ArticleThe Myth of Choice: How Junk Food Marketing Targets Kids
Anne Lappe of Food MythBusters has launched a second animated movie that takes on the myth of personal choice and exposes the harmful impact of marketing to kids. “We believe that marketing targeting...
View ArticleFrom Pre-Boomers to Boomers – Treat Your Children Well.
I hope you will join me in welcoming ‘Boomharangued’ as the latest blogger with BoomerWarrior. This mysterious blogger is a GenXer and will represent somewhat of a ‘counter current’ on the site. The...
View ArticleFrom Economic Mind to Eco-Mind
In this post Desmond Berghofer describes our preoccupation with perpetual economic growth at the expense of our environment. He compares the concepts of economic mind and eco-mind. While it is true...
View ArticleOne Thing Changes All Else
In this post, Mike Nickerson asks the question, “what would happen if one thing changes all else?” What if our current mindset focused on perpetual growth could be supplanted by a mindset emphasizing...
View ArticleThought Traps and Thought Leaps
In a previous post – From Economic Mind to Eco-Mind – Desmond Berghofer (grandparentsfortheturure) is inspired by Frances Moore Lappe’s use of the phrase ‘Thought Traps and Thought Leaps’. There are...
View ArticleWhere Will the Grandchildren Live?
“Where Will the Grandchildren Live” is the title of a letter written by Mike Nickerson to his granddaughter, Lillian. It could easily be the letter anyone of us who is a grandparent could write to...
View ArticleAustralian Coal Industry – Where F*ck You is More Than a Policy (language...
Australia’s coal industry has launched a robust campaign to promote the benefits derived from coal for Australians. Australians for Coal emphasizes that coal is essential to the economic well-being of...
View ArticleUsing Art to Talk About Climate Change
Climate change is HERE and climate change is happening NOW. It is not a figment of your imagination and the weather outside is “frightening” says Dorsi Lynn Diaz, who is using art to talk about...
View ArticleDreams for Our Grandchildren
This article is republished with the permission of Desmond Berghober of grandparentsforthefuture (Editor ~ RMontpellier). Introduction I write from a heart filled with love for my grandchildren. With...
View ArticleWhat Kids are Doing on Climate Change
All of us who have children and grandchildren would do anything for them. We want them to succeed, be healthy and grow up to be responsible and productive members of our society. We always thought from...
View ArticleWhat Did You Do Once You Knew
What Did You Do Once You Knew It’s 3:23 in the morning, and I’m awake because my great, great, grandchildren won’t let me sleep. My great, great, grandchildren ask me in dreams What did you do, while...
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