In Portland, sustainability is an important identity of the city and many of the inhabitants.  The city brands itself as a bike-friendly, commutable, and most importantly, sustainable and green city.  The branding technique has worked well, as the city has been bombarded with new residents in the last few years.  The city is often portrayed […]

While reality often deals with nature versus culture, and knowledge with matter versus mind, ethics deals with the binaries of fact versus value.  The values that are developed by people are often created as a response to facts, or in spite of them. It can be difficult to describe, define, or contain values in a […]

Reality One very straightforward binary of identity that relates to reality is that of identity that you are born with, versus that which you develop yourself.  Many can and do call this a natural identity; gender, race, and sexual orientation are often referred to as natural and choosing one of these identities that you were not […]

I was originally thinking that I would be interested in studying Nature as a big word, but for some reason couldn’t find a way to connect with it in the way that I wanted.  After a little bit of thinking, I realized there was a way for me to connect with it, and a lot […]