Writings

If you find our self-imposed Iraq War much more than inconvenient, then prepare for scaring self-flagellation from the tsunami of climate change.To prepare for the tsunami, Marin's General Plan Update cultivates the right slogans. However, it doesn't provide enough tools to grow the smart development needed for the affluent isle of Marin to do its share to combat global climate change.http://www.coastalpost.com/07/10/14.html 

YOU'VE GOT TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE
by Marlene Hunn  (My sister's story) Voice of the Diabetic, May 2005

Dig for answers, Marin Independent Journal, December 4, 2004

America's health and Power, Marin Independent Journal, Oct 30, 2004 

Ignore Kyoto.  Global Warming Isn't Today's Headline.  America needs a draft -- a warm draft to deal with generations of looming war for hearts and minds. Coastal Post 10-04.

Peace Corps could slow terror  Marin Independent Journal Op-Ed. August 9, 2004. "Three billion people – hungry, uneducated terrorist fodder -- subsist on $2.00 a day.   Smart bombs won’t deplete their ranks..."

Green Berets of terror war,  "The Corps walks lightly, speaks softly, but talks their talk, walks their walk, educates in their villages, creates dialogue not monologue, works together with what’s available to strengthen, not drain, local economies, undermines poverty that causes injustice, and strengthens institutions of justice that promotes fearless growth." (Looking for publication)

There are choices for Canalways, Marin Independent Journal Op-Ed. March 15, 2004.  "Developers don’t choose to build car dependent, pricey suburban sprawl…  Politics determines what developers are forced to build."

Shock & Awe, Coastal Post 9-03

Recalling Reagan, San Francisco Weekly, August 27, 2003

An army of volunteers for peace, Marin Independent Journal, January 23, 2003

Enlarged Peace Corps could change the map  November 5, 2002. Portland Press Herald.

Banning St. Vincent's rail stop is no environmental solution July 2002.  Marin IJ.

Palestine Israel June 20, 2002

Pitching in to help build peace   Marin Independent Journal by Dwayne Hunn

Sri Lanka,  from Habitat for Humanity International Newsletter July 2001.

Sri Lanka Global Village Habitat for Humanity work trip.

Remarkable Chandralata.  Excerpted from Sri Lanka Habitat Building project

Published in San Francisco Chronicle: 

Let's Micro-Energize... Our energy should encourage small, close-to-home sources...San Francisco Chronicle  2-25-01

On the Grid or Off the Grid

Published in Marin Independent Journal as Op-Eds:

Let's think big with micropower...  February 16, 2001.  Close to home, appropriate tech energy answers.

...but, from where I sit, they're part of the problem April 11, 1999.  Does  transit-oriented affordable, pedestrian friendly housing need as much help as Marin's open space receives to benefit the environment?

Oh, God, have mercy on our failures January 18, 2000.  God and an upset Gabriel discuss globalization and the Garden of Eden's land use policy.

With no train, can we really clean the air? July 14, 1998.  BMer Jennifer and Biker Dirk debate "Is the Marin Conservation League good for the world?"

Traffic in Marin:  Where do we go now?  All aboard!  The future won't wait  May 15,1996.  Calthorpe and Associates long overdue study supports Pedestrian Pocket land uses to combat suburban sprawl degradations.

Marin, why not think 'regional'?  February 15, 1995.  Creative regionalism would have regional developers creatively addressing regional problems and educating the public so everyone would profit.