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Even more Kunstler Kontent: Joyce Marcel's column in today's (June 12) Brattleboro Reformer
Posted June 12th, 2008 by Ralph MeimaSee: http://www.reformer.com/columnists/ci_9559914
Full text of article follows:
Our 'cheap oil fiesta' is over
By JOYCE MARCEL
Thursday, June 12
DUMMERSTON
It's the end of the world as we know it, and for a little while, at least, it sounds lovely.
More Kunstler Kontent: Today's (June 10th) Brattleboro Reformer editorial (reproduced below)
Posted June 10th, 2008 by Ralph MeimaCopied from: http://www.reformer.com/editorials/ci_9537173
A post-oil future
Reformer.com
Tuesday, June 10
A day after crude oil prices jumped up to $139, the biggest one-day jump in history, author, urban planner and social critic James Howard Kunstler came to Brattleboro.
Kunstler's lecture at the Marlboro College Graduate Center on Saturday was well-attended, mostly by people who already have a good idea that something is not right with the American way of life as we now know it.
James Kunstler at the Marlboro College Graduate Center, June 7th - My Introduction
Posted June 10th, 2008 by Ralph MeimaJames Kunstler Intro
Welcome to the Marlboro College Graduate Center.
I’m Ralph Meima, director of the Marlboro College Graduate Center’s new MBA program.
Address to first MBA Cohort, 1/23/08
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Ralph MeimaR. Meima, Jan. 23, 2008
= To the First Marlboro MBA Cohort =
= Intro =
Nicola Machiavelli considered human character to be quite varied, but saw each individual as fairly constant in character: some people were imbued with virtue, and others were evil. A successful Prince, however virtuous, could act evilly as needed, to enhance the position of a state.
What is human character? After all, management is about people in the many contexts we inhabit and roles we play. One traditional view of human character and the place of humans in larger Nature might be expressed as:
Community Energy Systems: New Prizes, Old Games
Posted January 21st, 2008 by Ralph MeimaRenewable Community Energy: New Prizes, Old Games
We may be on the threshold of a discontinuity in the larger aspects of daily life. Driving it (no surprise) are rising energy costs, changing availabilities of energy media, and concerns about climate. The year 2018 may look a lot different from 2008. And one victim may be: the furnace in your basement!
Media Attention! An Interview with Me at SocialFunds.com
Posted October 5th, 2007 by Ralph MeimaPlease visit http://www.socialfunds.com/page.cgi/interview5.html for an interview between Jay Falk of SRI World (SocialFunds.com) and me.
Enjoy!
Ralph Meima
The Rise of Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse: Is Sustainable Growth a Real-World Possibility? Or only Virtually Possible?
Posted August 18th, 2007 by Ralph MeimaMBA Blog, R. Meima, August 17, 2007
Is Sustainable Growth a Real-World Possibility? Or only Virtually Possible?
The Rise of Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse
Death of the Throwaway Society? The Lohasians Cometh!
Posted July 9th, 2007 by Ralph MeimaDeath of the Throwaway Society? The Lohasians Cometh!
Inaugural Blog (June 21, 2007) – Big energy finance – Another bubble?
Posted June 21st, 2007 by Ralph MeimaMarlboro MBA Blog – Ralph Meima – June 21, 2007
Inaugural Blog – Energy finance – Another bubble?
Hello, dear reader! This is the first (I hope) of many blogs about our MBA program, sustainability-oriented management education, and the broader business world in which our program and others like it “live”.