Category Archives: 4. ENVIRONMENT

Environment is our total surround. An environment can take many different forms including physical, mental, emotional, technological, and natural. We are all surrounded by range influences, situations and circumstance that directly influence the nature of our thoughts, feelings, and experiences in life. We are also creators of environments and therefore artists of cause and effect.

Education: Losing Your Element

Posted on 07/23/2010 by Brian Alger

Do schools kill cre­ativ­ity? This is the open­ing ques­tion of an inter­est­ing inter­view with Sir Ken Robin­son, an “expert” on cre­ativ­ity and inno­va­tion. The answer is decep­tively sim­ple: “Yes, of course they do.” Though this may sound some­what sar­cas­tic, the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Disaster: The Breath of the Gulf Oil Spill

Posted on 07/20/2010 by Brian Alger

The end effect of the Gulf Oil Spill dis­as­ter will not be known for many years. Some of the effects will be imme­di­ate and obvi­ous, while oth­ers are far more mer­cu­r­ial and illu­sive. As with all dis­as­ters, a large con­tin­gent … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Environment: The Hidden Life of Garbage

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Brian Alger

This speaks for itself…

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Environment: Distraction — Media Multitasking

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Brian Alger

Dis­trac­tion is an ill­ness that impairs our abil­ity to think, focus, and con­cen­trate. Chronic men­tal dis­trac­tion leads to chronic phys­i­cal symp­toms of anx­i­ety and stress. Multi-tasking is not only a decep­tion, it inspires men­tal and phys­i­cal ill­ness. New media rep­re­sent … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Effects of Media: The Children of Cyberspace

Posted on 01/10/2010 by Brian Alger

[Explor­ing Life] Brad Stone’s NY Times arti­cle The Chil­dren of Cyber­space raises a num­ber of poignant issues regard­ing our rela­tion­ship with tech­nol­ogy. Herald­ing in a new type of “gen­er­a­tion” by some indi­vid­ual claim­ing “vision­ary” sta­tus seems like an all too … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Nutrition: Organic Food vs. Non-Organic Food

Posted on 07/31/2009 by Brian Alger

[Explor­ing Life] The igno­rance of sci­en­tists and sci­ence can at times be so blind­ing that it leaves us won­der­ing how such an obvi­ous lack of intel­li­gence and com­mon sense gains even a remote sense of cred­i­bil­ity — let alone atten­tion. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ecopsychology: Water — A Fundamental Human Right

Posted on 05/30/2009 by Brian Alger

[Explor­ing Life] Can an indi­vid­ual or orga­ni­za­tion claim the right to own and profit from a nat­ural resource that is essen­tial to the preser­va­tion and well being of all life on our planet? The bat­tle to claim own­er­ship and con­trol … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Food: Canadian Organic Products Regulation

Posted on 05/17/2009 by Brian Alger

[Explor­ing Life] The Cana­dian Organic Prod­ucts Reg­u­la­tions were first pub­lished in Decem­ber of 2006. The reg­u­la­tions come into full force on June 20, 2009. The reg­u­la­tions estab­lish a con­sis­tent and reli­able set of stan­dards that legally require organic prod­ucts to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Effects of Media: Writing — The Shifting Style of Elements

Posted on 04/18/2009 by Brian Alger

[Explor­ing Life] The Chron­i­cle of Higher Edu­ca­tion recently pub­lished 50 Years of Stu­pid Gram­mar Advice in response to the release of the com­mem­o­ra­tive edi­tion of Strunk and White’s famous The Ele­ments of Style.[1] The arti­cle con­demns Strunk and White’s advice … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Effects of Media: The Technium

Posted on 01/29/2009 by Brian Alger

[Explor­ing Life] The word tech­nol­ogy can be an illu­sive term. Tech­nol­ogy orig­i­nates in the Greek tech­nolo­gia which com­bines craft (techne) and say­ing (logia). A com­mon under­stand­ing of tech­nol­ogy refers to the phys­i­cal tools and hard­ware hard­ware of an object that … Con­tinue read­ing →

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