Archives: Appropriate Technology

A Behavioral Approach To Peace

According to most behaviorists, looking at overt behavior seems the only way to know what is going on in the mind. They assume the mind is a mysterious “black box” that we cannot see into. The term “learning theory” is often associated with the behavioral view. In this context, learning can be defined as the [...]

Hemp Paper At The USA Hemp Museum

The USA Hemp Museum continues to reach out to spread the truth about the benefits of cannabis – hemp – marijuana even as The Drug War Failure continues. Richard M. Davis, Fonder and Curator, has also authored many excellent cannabis-hemp-marijuana books exploring the numerous benefits of this God-Given Plant. On the cureworks YouTube channel you [...]

Global Democracy Equals World Peace

The real conditions that confront the project of world peace at first may seem daunting. Now with the Cold War well behind us and the first experiments with global order completed, we can look at a larger picture. We cannot help but recognize our planet as a sick body with the global crisis of peaceful [...]

Protect Medical Marijuana Patients

Former Candidate for 2006 California Lt. Governor Joins Campaign To Legalize Cannabis For All Adults In California Lynnette Shaw states medical marijuana patients not well protected by present laws. Lynnette Shaw was drafted by the Libertarian Party to run for Lt Governor in 2006. She garnered nearly 150,000 votes and an endorsement by Willie Nelson [...]

Historic Auto Efficiency Rule

*** BREAKING NEWS *** BREAKING NEWS *** New rules will cut global warming emissions from cars. Send an email supporting these historic new rules. Moments ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed the first national standards to limit global warming pollution in U.S. history. The proposal would: [...]

Healthy Family Farms For Peace Please

Willie Nelson Time 4 Hemp interview podcast of 11/27/2008 sheds light upon many aspects of relationship between family farms and commercial hemp. Through his work with Farm Aid, Willie Nelson has brought attention to the need for price parity for farm products. Forcing farmers into bankruptcy and then offering them welfare has not proven to [...]

America Melody Angel

Melody Angel begins her video of America with the text: “for all my friends who died in Iraq” and then she sings her moving song with an incredible voice that reaches out with such strength, maturity and projection that it continues to amaze even after multiple viewings. Despite the profound beauty and power of her [...]