900 Days : 1500 Miles
The Plan
I have two series I want to produce over whatever time I have left. I don't expect to complete either in my lifetime for the simple reason that neither project fits into that constraint. The second series I have have in mind is grounded in a few postings I placed here from Oct 2016 to Mar 2017 and will comprise the core of Why Johnny Can't Do Quantum Mechanics! a series of OLLI courses I hope to teach here in The Bear Creek Valley. This project will not be completed in my lifetime because it involves finding a way to understand Quantum Mechanics. This (we all know so very well) is simply impossible.
The first series I have planned is grounded in "Think Globally, Act Locally" as it was co-opted by Friends of the Earth at its inception in 1971, or was it by René Dubos in 1977, or maybe it was Frank Feather in 1979. At any rate, this series will be about how thinking globally while acting locally produces local results without actually changing the global situation in any meaningful way. Produced under the rubric of 900 Days : 1500 Miles, this series will examine the possibility of creating change locally (here) like the change locally (there).
The first installment of 900 Days : 1500 Miles will be The Tale of Two Watersheds. This is a comparison / contrast essay about The Bear Creek Valley of southwest Oregon, and the Big Bend Reach of the Platte River of south-central Nebraska. The central question: Is it possible to translate past (1979 ⇒ 2014) successes into future (2020 ⇒ unknown date) successes?
Feel free to "look over my shoulder" (see the imbedded links above) if you wish; as I develop the two series.
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Comments
Very cool idea PR
Good luck with its development.
Zionism is a social disease
Comparing watersheds is a great idea...
Reminds me of China...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-006-7232-2
I love the idea of a comparison of similar river/watershed systems. Best of luck and keep us posted.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
"Triggered" but in a good way!
The state of a river is inextricably tied to the general health of the ecosystem in which it is embedded. For example a well regulated river, like the Columbia River, is a dying river. While most people remain ignorant, the ecosystem deteriorates. The Yellow and the Yangtze similarly are examples of our inability to think systemically, a general condition of our species, unfortunately.
While I had planned to include this connection in my series, I will be sure to incorporate a discussion of these most famous examples. Maybe that will resonate with readers of this forum.
Thanks for the reminder.
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