Desperate for Nature

by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Apr 13, 2016 | animals, Biophilia, cruelty, Naturverlassenheit

The Guardian recently aired an article on a boutique hedgehog petting zoo-café that opened in Tokyo. For $9 per person, visitors can drink coffee and cuddle these animals. Popular with kids and adults alike, this café, named Harry to pun on the Japanese pronunciation...

Normal is Over

by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 27, 2016 | Normal is Over, normalization

I had the pleasure of meeting filmmaker Renée Scheltema recently at the Nevada City Wild and Scenic Film Festival, and after realizing that she would be in town for a bit, we organized this event at San Francisco’s California Institute for Integral...

Los Angeles and the Methane Crisis

by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 13, 2016 | Energy, Normal is Over, Priorities

There seems to be a proliferation of instances of catastrophe which Ulrich Beck long predicted in his work on our contemporary risk society. Certain events, like the continued unabated spewing nuclear radiation from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi plants, are...

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by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Dec 31, 2015 | Uncategorized

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Coping with COP21

by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized

Even as the world rejoiced in Paris Saturday night, with the slogan “There is no Plan B” emblazoned in light projection on the Eiffel Tower, the accords usher in a lukewarm compromise. While the original United Nations World Summit on Sustainable...