Hokie students call on Virginia Tech officials to divest from Fossil Fuels

This is worth writing an unofficial blog post. Remember that square of orange felt I wore Tuesday? That symbol of the divestment movement is the color orange, rather than green, to reframe the movement’s scope as much larger than an Continue reading Hokie students call on Virginia Tech officials to divest from Fossil Fuels

Rats!

Happy Earth Day, domestication scholars! Celebrate on campus during Earth Week at Virginia Tech. Now, to the RATS. In 9th grade I memorized this monologue from the Miracle Worker Anne Sullivan when she explains her experience in the asylum, “Rats, why my brother Jimmie Continue reading Rats!

Creating Global Consciousness

Since last Tuesday I’ve been entertaining the notion that we, individually and collectively, can contribute to global consciousness though our writing created in a blog. It’s not a secret that I believe we can collectively create a good future and each of us individually Continue reading Creating Global Consciousness

How things came to be, Donkeys, Language, and the Wheel for Transportation

I find the bestiality paradigm almost shocking assumed Bullet’s normality of it. Seriously, given our perception and relationship throughout time, donkeys?! I agree with Camilla, apparently bestiality was not frowned upon back then like it is today. Sure, sexual preferences are (for Continue reading How things came to be, Donkeys, Language, and the Wheel for Transportation

Feeling the Magic of Reindeer?

Never before had I thought to consider ancient or current civilizations who live(ed) in the quite large geographic regions home to reindeer. Maybe it’s something about the deep cold or seasonal changes seemingly different than my own. Nevertheless, I am Continue reading Feeling the Magic of Reindeer?

Hunter-Gather Relationships, Domination and Humans, The Mayan Apocalypse 2012, and Milk

Hunter-Gather Relationships It was quite the realization to understand that hunter-gathers model their relationships with their environment on the institution of sharing, also the basis of interpersonal relationships in the community. Likewise they value trust, “to trust someone is to Continue reading Hunter-Gather Relationships, Domination and Humans, The Mayan Apocalypse 2012, and Milk

Deep Historical Perspectives: Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers

Never before have I considered the vast history of human-animal relationships and what the implications of those relationships will mean in the future. Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers presents the four stages of human-animal relationship history: separation (when humans began to Continue reading Deep Historical Perspectives: Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers

Domestication, energy, geography, intention, evolution and how things came to be…

This is a discussion of primary and interesting concepts and thought from the first readings required in Deep History and Domestication. The readings explain and raise interesting questions about the history of animal domestication. The YouTube video, Guns, Germs, and Continue reading Domestication, energy, geography, intention, evolution and how things came to be…