[This paper isn't due until Monday - I finished it Thursday night. Enjoy!]   Executive Summary: Impediments to Establishing Global Sustainability   Ron Khare The purpose of this paper is to identify and clearly explain the single largest challenge to the establishment of global...

Hello Board and Blog, It’s been a rough week to get things done – the Barn doesn’t have air conditioning, and with daytime heat index reaching 117 degrees, I’ve been trying to find ways of getting hours in and stay productive without subjecting myself to extreme...

I’ve been wrestling with this idea for years, but I think I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that might makes right. “Right,” in this case, means actualized, manifest correctness. It does not mean, nor imply, any unrealized concept of correctness – that is...

[NOTE: This was my first and final draft for my Philosophies of Sustainability class. I had to cut about 9 pages of notes to get under the 10-page limit. It's not really up to my standards for papers or publishing, but I hyped it a bit as I was writing it, so I'm putting it online as-is for...

I’ve been researching the history of my hometown and county: Fairfield, Iowa in Jefferson County. I know it’s a myth, the idea of pioneers and settlers “discovering” the land, when people have been living here since 10,000 BCE. And, of course, what happened to the...