by sumac | Mar 31, 2020 | Corporate Apologies
As the Covid-19 pandemic washes around the world, people act like people, sometimes well, sometimes badly. Sometimes they apologize for the bad parts. People are giving out false or distorted information, making murderous suggestions, or indulging in criminal...
by sumac | Jan 7, 2020 | Political Apologies
Australia’s burning. It’s been incredibly dry, and now it’s incredibly hot. Huge bushfires are burning up big parts of the country. Thousands of people fled to beaches to get away from flames. The military is responding. The US and Canada are sending...
by sumac | Dec 4, 2019 | Institutional Apologies
Kate Corder is an artist whose work includes themes of eco-catastrophe, ecologies, land use, and wildlife. One arts project she organized in 2016 and 2017 was the planting of 800 young tree saplings in Palmer Park in Reading, Berkshire, UK. That’s a lot of baby...
by sumac | Nov 12, 2019 | Personal Apologies, Youth apologizes
Why do people collect souvenirs? We’re not sure, but we’ve felt that mysterious urge. Surely the important thing is the experience and the memory, not an object? And yet… If you buy a cheerful ashtray in Sicily to support their hand-painted pottery...
by sumac | Jul 24, 2019 | Personal Apologies
On the morning of May 8th, Amanda Eller meditated, then decided to go for a run. It was a lovely morning, as is so often true in Maui. She drove to the Makawao Forest Reserve. Since it was just a short 3-mile run, she left her stuff in the car – phone, wallet, water...
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