starthrower
My blogs
| Occupation | another star thrower... |
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| Location | universal! |
| Introduction | This is my sustainability blog, dedicated to the concept of this Buckminster Fuller quote: "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ******** The name "another star thrower" comes from a favorite essay, The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley. It tells of a man walking the beach at low tide, picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea. There are untold numbers of starfish on the beach and endless beaches around the globe. How much of a difference can one man make? But as he throws another star, we are left with this certainty: It made a difference to that one. “Somewhere... there is a hurler of stars, and he walks, because he chooses, always in desolation, but not in defeat... he is not alone any longer. After us there will be others. The task [is] not to be assumed lightly, for it [is] men as well as starfish that we [seek] to save.” |