by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 20, 2019 | beyond idealism, beyond liberalism, Bureaucratic quixotic, Climate Change, Communication, cruelty, death, Decolonization, Discursive Gap, exploitation, folly, Industrial Epidemics, normalization, Perverse Incentives, Priorities, the real, Wolves in sheep's clothing
There is an epidemic of thoughts and prayers in America. It seems the more politicians think and pray, the more school shootings happen, the more places of worship get gunned and burned down, and the more people die. Maybe to reverse this trend, politicians need to...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jun 29, 2018 | agroecology, conservation, Decolonization, Discursive Gap, Environmental Justice, Environmental Political Theory, exploitation, Indigenous Peoples, Perverse Incentives, Publications, Uncategorized
As part of my project on land rights in Latin America, a recent paper titled “Environmental justice as a (potentially) hegemonic concept: a historical look at competing interests between the MST and indigenous people in Brazil” appears in Local...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Apr 30, 2018 | agroecology, Climate Change, Discursive Gap, Industrial Epidemics, parasitism, philosophy of science, pollution, Syndemics, Tobacco Industry, Uncategorized, Wolves in sheep's clothing
Here I will attempt to gather and decode euphemisms (saccharine words covering up the dismal reality, e.g., climate change for global warming) and dysphemisms (derogatory terms for neutral ones, e.g., warmist for people who acknowledge the facts of global warming) of...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 18, 2018 | Bureaucratic quixotic, Climate Change, Discursive Gap, Energy, Environmental Justice, Environmental Political Theory, folly, Oil Barons, pollution, Priorities, transportation
As the New York Times recently reported, State SenatorScott Weiner’s California Legislature bill to increase density allotments along transit corridors is a much-needed method to solve both housing and environmental burdens. Driving, no matter how you slice it,...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Dec 20, 2017 | death, Discursive Gap, folly, Industrial Epidemics, normalization, Oil Barons, pollution, Side-effects, Syndemics, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
I recently published an article in Berkeley’s newspaper, Berkeleyside, about the incessant overhead air traffic, and how this likely is causing significant public health effects. Here’s the evidence base: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25332277...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Oct 25, 2017 | beyond idealism, beyond liberalism, Climate Change, Discursive Gap, Environmental Justice, Environmental Political Theory, exploitation, Industrial Epidemics, Oil Barons, parasitism, permaculture, pollution, Priorities, Systems thinking
One of the things that resonates the most about systems theory, is that it focuses on how different pieces of large puzzles interrelate and interlock. For, it is the inter aspect that gives phenomena movement, gusto, dynamism, spark. Speaking of things, essences,...
