Before anyone kept records we have been celebrating Winter Solstice, the shortest day ( longest night) of the year. In prehistoric times people were afraid the sun would not return and performed elaborate rituals to encourage it back. In Roman times Saturnalia took place around December 25th, the date of the solstice in the Julian … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse Dot Org Profiles: The Monterey Bay Aquarium In California there is an aquarium that all other aquariums should be modeled after, in spirit, and in outlook. Transformed from an abandoned cannery on water’s edge at Monterey Bay, it is at once beautiful and imposing. Steinbeck once wrote of this area and of its … [Read more…]
Already immortalized by the time Willy Wonka re-immortalized it, Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s ode resonates beautifully with those sure they are the music makers, the dreamers of dreams, the movers and shakers. And wouldn’t that be all of us? We are the music makers,And we are the dreamers of dreams,Wandering by lone sea-breakersAnd sitting by desolate streams;—World-losers … [Read more…]
There’s a small arts organization in Miami that does so much with so little to make the city’s cultural life glow brighter. SoBe Arts fuels new music, music-theater, modern opera, and other new creative arts and aims to create an environment for contemporary artists to produce new works. It holds music competitions, provides management services, … [Read more…]
“Are we alone?” is a question all of us have wondered about. The SETI Institute has done more than wonder, listening now for more than 30 years for any radio signals in space for signs of alien intelligence. Radio signals propagate far and wide and any advanced society will have likely communicated with radio signals … [Read more…]
RESPONSIBLE CHARITY IN INDIA During a 2008 trip in India, my friend Hemley Gonzalez volunteered with a world famous charity in Kolkata and experienced first-hand the deplorable conditions that people were subjected to under the care of this well-known organization. Disheartened and shocked by the experience, he started working directly in the Kolkata slums where … [Read more…]
Nonprofit Profile: ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE (RMI) In the U.S., oil fuels 94% of the transportation system with cars alone using about 8.8 million barrels of oil at a cost of $2 billion every day. Making cars lighter is the single most effective way to dramatically reduce their fuel consumption and accelerate the electrification of their … [Read more…]
Howdy folks. We’re on Twitter at https://twitter.com/carl_kruse_org. Our tweet feed focuses on people and organizations trying to do good, to make the world better. Contact me to discuss what you or your group are up to. Maybe we can profile your work or help in other ways. We are based in Miami but have something … [Read more…]