My diaries are often dark and foreboding, mapping the elements of impending ecosystem and economic collapse, in the hope that they can help inform the prioritization of policy attitudes within the DK community.
Oh, and also in the hope that by venting my dark spleen, I might live a little lighter. I'm in my third year of daily quips trying to humor the horror of environmental collapse -- and it's dark in there.
Given the darkness, I was a little surprised when WarrenS asked me to adapt a diary for the ECSTASY series. The goals of the series are to find hope, not despair; personal enrichment, not a bunker mentality in the face of ecosystem or economic chaos.
As a fundamental optimist (in spite of being battered by facts and trends into a becoming a worried pragmatist), I decided to take his challenge.