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Tom Hartley - ArticlesI have a variety of professional experiences which have coalesced into my most recent endeavours.
I have 10 years experience operating a high-end landscape design business. My facility with customer service, contract negotiation, staff and project management, and financial accounting continue to serve me well. My business interests grew into providing professional irrigation design and installations for individual and commercial purposes. Over time I realized a clash in values with my business and personal interests. Environmental conditions, water conservation, and the western world\'s growing dependence on \'experts\' are of serious concern to me. This realization prompted a shift from installation to online sales, services and support, with the goal of supporting individuals wanting to engage in hands-on work, and doing more with less. Concomitantly, my interest in the modern human condition found me examining and writing about the importance of people staying connected with the earth through family, community and society. In today\'s world, this includes the electronic connection, which allows us to share our stories, ideas and history with family and friends. Genealogical research, the creation of nostalgic audio-visual DVDs, participation in genealogical communities, and social networks began as a hobby. It has grown into my most recent endeavour. I strive to provide support and assistance to individuals wanting to build computer-based family trees and social networks. Goldwag Exposes Craziness Behind CultsArthur Goldwag lists an exhaustive range of weird cults and strange societies each with their own perverted twist, sometimes simply involving sex and drugs, sometimes hate and genocide, in his newest book: Cults, Conspiracies and Secret Societies: the Straight Scoop on the Freemasons, the Illuminati, Skull & Bones, Black Helicopters, the New World Order, etc. Wiki-Wisdom: Jimmy Wales Defines Wikipedia: Popular Consensus Compliments Old-fashioned CredentialsJimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, readily admits that his site has, and probably always will have, errors, inaccuracies or worse, although the same can be said of any encyclopedia. But, he adds, the advantage of an online reference source is that it can be amended immediately, whereas traditional encyclopedias have to wait to be reprinted. For the same reason, the information on Wikipedia tends to be more current than that contained in bound editions. Deforestation Practices in British Columbia“Each year, 13 million hectares of forest is lost, according to 2005 figures”(CBC news story 08/06/24 Is there hope for the world’s vanishing forests?). Of course, deforestation is a natural part of human civilization; trees provide materials for industry and development. But modern forestry practices have, in general terms and until recently, left behind tree farms which then get quickly consumed by pine beetles and forest fires. Future World-Wide Water Shortages"Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink" is a well-worn paraphrase from a Coleridge poem, but it bears repeating. In fact, it may soon feature in headlines around the globe as news stories about dwindling fresh water supplies are becoming all too common. Dog walkers in SocietyMany of us own dogs, and derive a great deal of pleasure from walking them through our streets and parks. This sometimes causes problems. People understandably get upset when the dogs and/or their owners are not well-behaved. Theodore Roszak: Elderly Revolt! Restoring the Ideals of the SixtiesOn the new release of The Making of an Elder Culture, it is helpful to review Theodore Roszak's earlier work The Making of a Counter Culture, where he questions the hippie commitment to social change. Tie-dye t-shirts and rock music, once symbolic of a youth alienated from the so-called establishment, became kitsch commercialism and mainstream entertainment. BC Government Retracts Arts Funding CutsOn Monday, arts communities, networks and organizations around the province were told that they would be short $20 million that had been promised to them. Like the two faces of tragedy and comedy, the announced cuts to funding for the arts were followed shortly by headlines indicating a generous re-awarding of the original amount plus an additional $12 million. Grow My Heritage Family Trees With EaseMy Heritage provides, for free, all the tools and a versatile website for a do-it-yourself online family tree. Your free account allows for 250 people on your tree and 250 MB of memory, enough for plenty of photos, especially if you compress them. E-book on Sex, Science and Popular CultureRoger N. Lancaster exposes “the heterosexual fables that pervade popular culture, from prime-time sitcoms to scientific theories about the so-called gay gene” in his Ebook The Trouble with Nature: Sex in Science and Popular Culture. Lancaster, a Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, labels contemporary discourse surrounding issues of gender, sexual orientation, and human nature, with the red stamp of “sexual politics.” Funding Cut to B.C. Literacy Programs:Regional Literacy Coordinators Deleted
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