Category: Sustainability Education Forum

> World Population Balance Overpopulation Weekend, 
Thurs., Nov. 9-12, Minneapolis locations
Events: 2 Meetups, a Film Fest, and a Potluck Supper.
[More Info: WPB Facebook Events page]

SEF News-Views Digest No. 188 (11-8-17)
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher

In the company of many concerned Americans, I share a deep concern about the appalling state of intellectual discourse in society, particularly in addressing issues of systemic importance to humankind. One of the first warnings of America’s shallow-thinking malady came from philosopher Allan Bloom with his groundbreaking 1987 book, The Closing of the American Mind. And ever since then, numbers of concerned educational experts have addressed this issue.

SEF News-Views Digest No. 187 (11-1-17)
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher

Is the Earth overpopulated? While some less-informed population non-experts say “no”, most well-informed population experts voice an emphatic “YES”! Meanwhile, the majority of world citizens are either ignorant about the issue, or simply unconcerned. But everyone should be both concerned—and fully informed about the disastrous consequences of unchecked population growth.

SEF News-Views Digest No. 186 (10-25-17)
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher

Many of our socio-political-ideological conflicts today are the result of ineffective communication between opposing parties. Inability to discuss certain topics intelligently and civilly is often associated with the type of language and terminology used in discourse. As an undergraduate philosophy major, the one solid lesson I learned was that, when discussing controversial topics, all debating parties should be expected to define any principal terms used.

SEF News-Views Digest No. 185 (10-18-17)
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher

Are you growing tired of coping with the constant barrage of disastrous events and happenings, both natural and human generated? Probably so. According to psychological experts, the ongoing saturation of negative news and views is producing a range of unhealthy mind-body responses—fear, anger, denial, helplessness, lethargy, despair—all symptoms that lead to mind-body fatigue.

For the deeply committed activists fighting on the front lines of worthy causes, activism fatigue is a regular companion. How prominent progressive activists continue the good fight, all the while coping with a series of ongoing challenges, is admirable.

SEF News-Views Digest No. 185 (10-18-17)
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher

Chris Martenson’s Peak Prosperity, the organization he founded, remains a primary source for the latest sustainability news, information, and views used in this newsletter. The website provides plenty of free information, which I use, but additional information is available only to paying members. In my estimation, any commercially orientated organization providing trustworthy sustainability services deserves public support, and Peak Prosperity readily qualifies.