Deep Ecology Louisville

Deep Ecology Louisville Exploring what it means to 'Live Local Lightly' in a society that is diametrically opposed to the concept - Louisville, Kentucky.

Deep ecology is an environmental philosophy and movement, founded by Arne Naess in the 1970s, that argues for the inherent worth and intrinsic value of all living beings and ecosystems, not just their utility to humans. It promotes a holistic worldview where humans are seen as an integral part of nature and emphasizes a radical transformation of our societal structures, technologies, and lifestyle

s to reduce human impact and allow the richness and diversity of life to flourish. Deep Ecology Louisville promotes local expression, exploration and expansion of non-mystical deep ecology to create radical transformation in Louisville, Kentucky. Deep Ecology Louisville is partnering with Earth Home 40202 in establishing a residential incubator of aspiring deep ecologists. https://www.bikecourier.org/earth-home-40202/

The Deep Ecology Louisville / Earth Home 40202 partnership form a two-component project exploring the ‘how to’ of living an environment-nurturing lifestyle. The Deep Ecology Louisville component is not unlike a graduate seminar – small, discussion-based, actively engaging with topic focuses and material, immersing participants in the issues, providing opportunities to discuss, debate, research and explore new ideas, inviting and expecting researched contributions, questions and critiques. Hands on, physical projects will also be part of the experience. The Earth Home 40202 component will couple the seminar with a residential opportunity at one of the Earth Home 40202 sites. Earth Home 40202 is taking participant applications for the residential component of the project. Action, tempered by Reinhold Niebuhr’s “grant the serenity to accept the things that cannot be changed, the courage to change the things that can be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference”, is central to the Deep Ecology Louisville / Earth Home 40202 project. Action, personal and social, will be the focus. Action will supplant hand wringing, pearl clutching, whining, and complaining. Actionable projects may be modest or ambitious, such as advocacy with the city and Metro Council, assisting nonprofits, gardening, sewing window quilts, installing solar panels, or pooling funds to buy and convert distressed urban property into greenspace.

03/18/2026
https://www.bikecourier.org/nulu-bike-lane-madness/The image illustrates just one of the many ways bike lanes create dan...
03/10/2026

https://www.bikecourier.org/nulu-bike-lane-madness/
The image illustrates just one of the many ways bike lanes create danger, injury and death. It was taken on East Market Street at the end of 10 blocks of bike lane:
1 - moving cyclists off the road, segregated and out of sight,
2 - conditioning drivers to be unaware that cyclists exist,
3 - then suddenly redirecting cyclists into a shared travel lane,
4 - while having right hand turning motorists unexpectedly cross the shared/bike lane.

Both, the cyclist and the motorist, are surprised to find each other attempting to occupy the same space. Only the cyclist pays the price for the designed assault.

Louisville should bypass the bike lane fad and address the real problem - motor vehicle operators.

Asked what to do with NULU's East Market Street now that we have burned money and embodied energy/material, the response was:
1. do not build another foot of bike lane in NULU or on any urban streets
2. put sharrows in the travel lanes on Market, Bardstown, Baxter, Barret and all other urban streets
3. take out the white plastic sticks such as those in the image of East Market street
4. fill in the NULU bike lanes making the sidewalks wider or replace the bike lane with vegetation
5. make sure mechanisms are in place to efficiently enforce prosecution and reimbursement
6. fast pace one way to two way conversions (one of the few things Jeff Speck gets right)
7. install mini roundabouts in urban intersections
8. have a hard mayoral and council conversation with JCPS concerning advocating for allowing kids to learn in and walk to the school closest to home
9. allow parking by permit only within four blocks of schools
10. permit no idling of cars, trucks, or food truck generators near schools (or on any street)
11. thank Governor Beshear and Transportation Secretary Gray for past help and insist on...greater liberty to enact urban solutions on urban streets...executive orders (if not laws) appropriate to our urban objectives per safety, public transit and sustainable transportation
12. have the mayor announce a new day in urban transportation...motorists who hit pedestrians and cyclists will be prosecuted...motorists who destroy property will reimburse, or lose license, or have vehicle confiscated and sold...cyclists can ride in any lane...drivers of loud vehicles (radio or engine) will be prosecuted

That is a good start.
Metro inherited a mess, including urban street project designs that are 20 years old. We can do better. But we must drop the illusion that incremental, slow, expensive, dangerous bike lanes are part of the solution. Address the problem - drivers of motor vehicles.
The mayor has a huge opportunity. As does Louisville.

The image illustrates just one of the many ways bike lanes create danger, injury and death. It was taken on East Market Street at the end of 10 blocks of bi ...

On the radio ... Parent, Child and Climate Change Initiative - A supportive, empowering, health based, community buildi...
02/16/2026

On the radio ... Parent, Child and Climate Change Initiative - A supportive, empowering, health based, community building program for parents and older children. Third Saturdays, beginning February 21, from 2 pm til 3 pm, Highlands Community Ministries
Facilitators: Megan Green, LCSW-S, RPT-S, Woven Nest Counseling and Coaching and Jackie Green, Sustainability Advocate.
The program is free.

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, fills the studio with Green for a discussion about parenting in the age of climate chaos! Our guests this week are Megan Green, a Licensed Clin

US battles cold, Sicily battles cyclone, Mozambique battles floods and Australia battles record heat. All in the same w...
01/27/2026

US battles cold, Sicily battles cyclone, Mozambique battles floods and Australia battles record heat. All in the same week. We need to get our act together. Fast.

1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillside

Forward Radio’s “Critical Thinking For Everyone”, Wednesday, January 28 topic is “Truth & Sustainability” with Patty Pay...
01/16/2026

Forward Radio’s “Critical Thinking For Everyone”, Wednesday, January 28 topic is “Truth & Sustainability” with Patty Payette, Brian Barnes and Jackie Green. !!!Caution!!! This difficult subject might lead one to question values, challenge sacred cows, and upset long held positions. Dr. Payette is the Director of UofL’s Quality Enhancement Plan. Dr. Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UofL. You can listen to the show on 106.5 FM on Thursday, Jan 29th, at 5 pm, at midnight, then again on Friday, Jan 30th, at 11 am. It will also be posted on Forward Radio’s Sound Cloud.

Listen to Critical Thinking For Everyone on WFMP - Louisville's Forward Radio.

01/10/2026

Which is the greater challenge for Earth? Over population or overconsumption by the population? Earth can support many more bicycle riding Hindus who never travel more than 100 miles from their birthplace than it can car-driving, globe-trotting Episcopalians. (Some of my best friends are Epi….)

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