Social/Environmental

Environmental and social issues

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General

Riding the Bus

01/14/2015 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Riding the Bus
Monday’s ride to and from work was uneventful.Tuesday during the day I had to attend a retirement party for a guy that I worked with at MDE, so I drove to work.  I’m keeping a […]
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Social/Environmental

Are you “Going green”

08/24/2014 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Are you “Going green”
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.  The woman apologized and explained, […]
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Social/Environmental

A change gonna come…

02/26/2014 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on A change gonna come…
Without a rational relation to a legitimate governmental purpose, state-imposed inequality can find no refuge in our United States ConstitutionJudge Orlando L. Garcia of United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, in […]
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Social/Environmental

Why laws for robots are doomed to fail

12/27/2013 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Why laws for robots are doomed to fail
Governments have recognised that fully autonomous weapons raise serious legal and ethical concerns, and that urgent action is needed.Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch via Robots of death, robots of love: The reality […]
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Quotations

Mission

12/15/2013 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Mission
Promote and maintain an environment where learning/academics take(s) place as students and staff are aware of our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health.  We practice skills and routines that lead to balance.Seen on the whiteboard […]
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Social/Environmental

How wrong is this perception?

11/15/2013 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on How wrong is this perception?
The other day, my 18-year-old son said to me: “When your generation [last of the baby boomers] grew up, you knew you had to work hard or end up without anything to eat or a […]
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Cycling

Tour de Sprawl

09/22/2013 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Tour de Sprawl
Rode the Tour de Sprawl with the Sierra Club today to see the path of the new Green Line extension that will go to Eden Prairie Mall.  Very interesting how we might actually be a […]