I am noticing more hits onto my site, so I figured I should continue with my blog, lest anyone get bored and stop coming.
Since Earth Day I have been thinking more about the environment. It might seem trivial, but it's not. Without a biosphere, we can't have any of the things we take for granted. We wouldn't be able to sit here and read or write blogs on our computers. We wouldn't have much of anything. It is for this reason that I wanted to write about the environment for the integralworld website. I don't want to inundate people with a barrage of scientific facts, just the most relevant and alarming ones. My interest is in relating the environment to other important issues, such as economics, war, terrorism, and technology. I haven't yet figured out how to say something that hasn't already been said, and get more people thinking about this.
I've realized recently the true purpose of my website. Whether people read my essays or not is unimportant. If people find them interesting or informative, great. But as long as I've reeled in a few people, I really hope they will go to my links page, because I believe it is there that the important sites lie. A crude way of putting it is that my site is really just a vehicle to spread awareness of important issues. Not that what I'm focused on are the only important issues, mind you, but they include causes dear to my heart.
As for integralworld.net, I'm happy to say that my stuff has been put up. I will not comment on that, as the reader can go to the site and check it out for him or herself. I honestly thought the chances of getting them up would be low. I understand now just what a service Frank Visser has done for Integral Studies. He has created an open forum in a new and exciting area. Of course, with a forum that open, it is bound to let in lower quality work. As with my site, I make sure to include a disclaimer - I'm just a layperson. Maybe I state it too often, which shows some kind of self-deprecating insecurity. The reason I do state it is because I think it's important to know your limitations and not misrepresent yourself.
