I normally wouldn’t write in this vein, being more inclined to scientific research than mysticism, but I have Native American roots, and the appearance of the Holmes comet – which has recently expanded to fill an area greater than our sun – brings to mind Hopi prophecy of the End Times.

Minnesota is celebrating its 150th anniversary of statehood, an event disrupted on May 10 as Native American protesters reportedly blocked the passage of a symbolic wagon train on its way to Ft. Snelling.

People originally thought that genetically-modified (GM) seeds like corn and soybeans were being modified specifically to produce better yields per acre, thus feeding more people while using the same amount of land.

When living organisms like trees, shrubs, grasses and other plants grow, they take up, or sequester, carbon dioxide.

Photo:snake.eyes, Creative Commons, Flickr With oil at an all-time high of $128 per barrel, and gasoline prices soaring – not to mention double-digit inflation in food prices (4.9 in 2007-08 as compared to the usual 2.1), some consumers are becoming hard-pressed to fuel their bodies or their vehicles.

Photo:joiseyshowaa’s, Creative Commons, Flickr The unfolding drama in Myanmar is a tragedy. It is also a lesson in political power, particularly the political power of food.

Photo:NieckQ-, Creative Commons, Flickr If we’re going to convert our economy to a sustainable one, we must first and foremost begin to measure our economic activity in a way that is connected to reality.