Bye-Bye Baby Boomers, By Carolyn Baker

Bye-Bye Baby Boomers, By Carolyn Baker

May 11, 2013 | Emotional/Spiritual

A May 2 article in the New York Times “Suicide Rates Rise Sharply In US” informed us that not only have suicide rates increased in the past decade among teens and the elderly, but more surprisingly, they have surged among the baby boomers. Ten days later, an article on the Alternet website asks, “Is Cutthroat Capitalism Pushing A Growing Number Of Baby Boomers To Suicide?” Certainly, we might expect adolescents and the elderly to take their own lives, but why baby boomers—people in the 35-70 age bracket?  What is it about this group?

Preparing For Collapse: Non-Attachment, Not Detachment, By Dave Pollard

Preparing For Collapse: Non-Attachment, Not Detachment, By Dave Pollard

Dec 20, 2012 | Collapse of Industrial Civilization

What are the elements of non-attachment that might be applied to coping with the knowledge of the inevitable collapse of organized society amidst the chaos of economic collapse and runaway climate change? What makes sense to gaze at, and what should we, for our own sanity, leave unseen? How can we be, and act, in a fully engaged, joyful, curious, productive, useful-to-others way, without becoming either “detached” (emotionally disconnected or inured) or exhausted?