tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post4752178247743339223..comments2024-01-10T11:19:56.456-08:00Comments on What Is Sustainable: Wild Free and Happy Sample 06What Is Sustainablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-17880426958102517552019-01-10T10:16:03.853-08:002019-01-10T10:16:03.853-08:00Hi Michael! Thanks! As I was biking to the libra...Hi Michael! Thanks! As I was biking to the library this morning, I was thinking about Connie. I was wondering if “blitzkrieg” was a misleading term with regard to the New World megafauna extinctions. Hitler’s 1939 blitzkrieg took weeks, but the extinctions must have taken more than a thousand years, and were likely not even noticed by the many generations that lived and died. What Is Sustainablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-75244387581729271482019-01-09T17:54:20.332-08:002019-01-09T17:54:20.332-08:00Rick, I just read this aloud to Connie and (of cou...Rick, I just read this aloud to Connie and (of course!) we both loved it.<br /><br />You're a great writer, my friend! And the content is fabulouso, too!!<br /><br />Big new year cyberhug,<br /><br />~ M & CMichael Dowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915893031346978453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-58704945734370312812019-01-08T13:55:51.305-08:002019-01-08T13:55:51.305-08:00Actually, I will be including a chapter on how wil...Actually, I will be including a chapter on how wild people connected to the family of life around them. It will have almost nothing in common with raising kids in the 21st century consumer society. If you snatch away the kids’ screens, it might cause make them look like oddballs in the eyes of their peers.<br /><br />I love Colin Turnbull’s book, The Human Cycle. <a href="http://wildancestors.blogspot.com/2012/01/human-cycle.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a><br /><br />Paul Shepard is also a deep thinker. On my blog sidebar is a “List of Reviews and Rants” link. Peek at these:<br /><br />Coming Home to the Pleistocene by Paul Shepard<br />Encounters with Nature by Paul Shepard<br />Nature and Madness by Paul Shepard<br />The Others by Paul Shepard<br />Thinking Animals by Paul Shepard<br />The Tender Carnivore by Paul Shepard<br />Where We Belong by Paul ShepardWhat Is Sustainablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-46436175340248294032019-01-08T03:52:34.178-08:002019-01-08T03:52:34.178-08:00Thanks for the links. I pulled the antenna the tv...Thanks for the links. I pulled the antenna the tv 12 months ago. The iPad got taken away not long after. I came to the realisation some time ago that a love of nature in childhood doesn't come about by spending endless hours in front of a screen. Unfortunately I've also come to the realisation that screen time is only one of a whole raft of bad behaviors/habits that need to be chucked into the rubbish bin. <br /><br />Perran Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-12873873688532097732019-01-05T15:30:49.678-08:002019-01-05T15:30:49.678-08:00Hi Perran! Yes, I also hate Christmas. A million...Hi Perran! Yes, I also hate Christmas. A million trucks rolling down the highways, hauling merchandise to stores, which will be purchased by the devoutly religious and taken home, and then shipped off to landfills in the following months and years. Staggering waste, for no good reason. <br /><br />I have no plans for a chapter on raising kids. I have no offspring. I get spooked and saddened by kids who spend every waking minute riveted to technology. I think that nature is far more important — growing up in a place where seeing a variety of wild animals is a common experience, a place where it’s safe to wander and explore. I devote a fair amount of attention to my love of nature in my first book, <i>What Is Sustainable</i>. Here are a few more suggestions:<br /><br />I reviewed Jean Liedloff’s classic book, The Continuum Concept, <a href="https://wildancestors.blogspot.com/2012/01/continuum-concept.html" rel="nofollow"> HERE</a><br /><br />I reviewed Jay Griffiths’ book, Kith, <a href="https://wildancestors.blogspot.com/2014/03/kith.html" rel="nofollow"> HERE</a> <br /><br />I posted into on Jon Young and nature connection <a href="http://wildancestors.blogspot.com/2017/03/nature-connection.html" rel="nofollow"> HERE</a> <br /><br />The following is a link to a long and fun essay on the role of play in wild cultures. The section on education begins on page 30 of the PDF (page 505 in the original document). <a href="https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1069037.pdf" rel="nofollow"> HERE</a>What Is Sustainablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-73502322202566728682019-01-04T17:47:39.944-08:002019-01-04T17:47:39.944-08:00I love your blog. It's one of my favorites and...I love your blog. It's one of my favorites and I'm looking forward to reading your book. Your blog and the books from your blog that I've read have helped to change the way that I look at the world. <br /><br />I'm raising two boys. I've come to the conclusion over the last two years that the way I'm bringing them up is not how I should be. I'm more or less setting them up for the world that i grew up in and due to resource depletion it is not going to be possible for them to enjoy what i enjoyed. At least over the long haul anyway. <br /><br />We've got lots of field guide books in our bookshelf on all sorts of topics except the one that I need the most. How to raise happy resilient children in the face of culture that is totally insane. <br /><br />I thought i knew how to raise my children. I thought i knew how to prepare them for the world. Having read some of your books on how stone age people raise their children I'm no longer so sure. <br /><br />I hope your book contains a chapter or three on the topic. <br /><br />Regards Perran<br /><br />PS I wish I didn't continue the Santa Claus myth. It's nothing but consumerism gone nuts. Why did I let my kids believe some b#@$/_*t story about a fat man in a red suit flying around the world giving out presents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com