Category Archives: Bobbing Around

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Confucius (and all other mature spirits). This (dead baby) turtle, which would fit in the palm of your hand, had eaten 104 pieces of plastic. South Florida … Continue reading →

Making a difference is far more important than making a fortune. Bird populations in North America have declined by nearly one-third in 48 years. Bobbing Around Volume Nineteen, Number Four, October, 2019 Bob Rich’s rave bobswriting.com    anxietyanddepression-help.com/    mudsmith.net/    previous issues … Continue reading →

Help one person at a time, and start with the person closest to you. Mother Teresa My religion is kindness. The purpose of enlightenment is to be of service. The Dalai Lama Bobbing Around Volume Nineteen, Number Three, September, 2019 … Continue reading →

We’re killing all complex life on Earth. It’s official: we are in the sixth great extinction event, the next one after the dinosaurs departed… All the problems are due to greed, aggression, fear, envy, hate. If you exercise metta [unconditional … Continue reading →

California in the 1970s generated the equivalent of two new nuclear power plants of energy, just by improving the efficiency of fridges. Rob Murray-Leach, head of the Energy Efficiency Council of Australia Equanimity: Whatever is, is, and is all right. … Continue reading →

If that were true, I’d have to completely change my life. If that were true, I and my loved ones would be in terrible danger. So, of course it cannot be true. The explanation of climate change denial You say … Continue reading →

Forget “early warning signs” and “canaries in coalmines” — we’re now well into the middle of the climate change era, with its epic reshaping of our home planet. Bill McKibben If you don’t have a plan to transition out of … Continue reading →

What we need is a new culture that does things differently, not merely the same things with different technology. Above all, we need compassion instead of conflict, simplifying instead of spending. We are the future past generations have stolen from. … Continue reading →

Collapse is a process, not an event. And it’s already underway, all around us. Collapse is already here. Chris Martenson This essay is a must-read. All religions agree that God forbids killing. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, who … Continue reading →

The current global culture of greed and conflict is a crime against the Universe. Dr Bob Rich, in an interview by Fiona Mcvie Climate disruption brings with it extreme weather such as hurricanes and floods. For instance, a warmer atmosphere … Continue reading →