Next meeting Monday June 2 at 6pm / Update from last meeting

Next Meeting:

I will be out for the rest of May, as will Chris. How does June 2^nd sound for the next meeting?

Interesting Articles

This is a really good website and magazine.

http://www.orionmagazine.org/

Some of the articles that I found particularly interesting are:

The Gospel of Consumption: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2962

This article talks about the engineered rise of consumerism. An interesting section talks about how Kellogg gave workers the option of a 6hr workday; the majority took it in return for less pay and more time with family/community. This could happen now if the entire economy were not based on consumption.

Snap into Action for the Climate: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2956

Wow. This article presents some information on climate change that you don’t hear much about in the mainstream media. The main message is that the major government models predicting climatic events such as melting of the summer disappearance of arctic ice are probably very conservative. A study put out by the US Navy Postgraduate School suggests that the Arctic may be ice free by as early as 2013 due to some unfavorable feedback loops. That is 5yrs away. This would have a major impact on the earth. Scary stuff.

Jeff