Happy Vernal Equinox
Spring Is Here by Carl Kruse The seasons are always turning but there are special moments and today we pass through one of them, the vernal equinox, or the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The center of the sun today aligns with the equator, and day and night — light and dark … [Read more…]
More Earth-like Exoplanets Found
A Fantastic Time For Discovery, and for SETI by Carl Kruse The journal NATURE’s website reportedly crashed after it announced the NASA discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star near us, some 40 light years away in the Aquarius constellation. The star known as TRAPPIST-1 was observed by a Belgian research team with data … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse Reminder – PLN Fundraiser To Protect Lands In PR Coming Up
Fundraiser At the Home Of Maria Celeste Takes Place This Thursday By Carl kruse A reminder that the fundraiser to benefit “Para La Naturaleza,” takes place this Thursday, February 9th at the Miami residence of Maria Celeste Arraras. (See original Carl Kruse Nonprofit Fundraiser for Para La Naturaleza here). Para La Naturaleza seeks to protect … [Read more…]
Find Your 1,000 True Fans
Whatsoever You Do –- Find Your 1,000 True Fans. By Carl Kruse A friend today asked me for a good book on marketing, as if I would know. But I then remembered the impact Kevin Kelly’s essay “1,000 True Fans” had on me some years ago and suggested he start his research reading it. As … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse: Support Land Conservation in Puerto Rico
Support of Land Conservation in Puerto Rico By Carl Kruse I am delighted to share with you news from my friend Maria Celeste Arraras who is involved in preserving the natural and historic charms of Puerto Rico, and in promoting sustainable development and ecotourism on the Island. Mari’s efforts focus on an organization called Para la … [Read more…]
Princeton University Global Forum in Berlin
Upcoming Princeton Forum In Berlin By Carl Kruse I am happy to share this upcoming event, which should be an enriching. It is open to all though advance registration is required. I will be there both days and would look forward to meeting you. On March 20-21, 2017 the Princeton University Global Forum presents in … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse Celebrates MLK Day
Re-reading A Letter From A Birmingham Jail by Carl Kruse In what has become now a tradition, ( see Carl Kruse Talks About Martin Luther King ), every Martin Luther King Day I re-read King’s now classic “Letter From A Birmingham Jail,” an essay written as a response to King’s critics who at the time … [Read more…]
Spotlight: Urban Paradise Guild
UPG Sends Seeds To Families In Haiti by Carl KruseThe Urban Paradise Guild (UPG) headed by Sam Van Leer is a nonprofit group based in Southern Florida that is working to bring back natural habitat and make our urban environment more green and livable. The group re-introduces native plants into local areas, organizes clean-ups, engages … [Read more…]
From Carl Kruse: Help SETI@HOME
SETI Project Can Use Our Help by Carl Kruse One of my favorite nonprofit groups is the SETI Institute, which is the world’s top organization that is looking for life elsewhere in the universe. I love SETI because it’s the chance to get involved in answering one of humanity’s last remaining big questions – Is … [Read more…]
Kruse: The Electoral College
One More Voice Calling For The End Of The Electoral Collegeby Carl Kruse For whatever reasons it was established way back when, and whatever benefits it might have today, that the Electoral College in the U.S. contravenes the will of the people is a great blow to Democracy. The winner of the votes in any … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse Stands With Kazhir Khan
Jumping into the fray I’ll say Kazhir Khan’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention was a beautiful lesson in ethics, civics, loss, honor and sacrifice. A speech of power and raw emotion. I cried during it and I don’t remember crying in a long time over a speech. Shortly after he finished, the shameless … [Read more…]
A Memorial Day Wish
A Memorial Day Wish From Carl Kruse This weekend the U.S.A. celebrates Memorial Day, a time the country honors those who died serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. People often forget the myriad sacrifices of those in uniform, which includes writing a blank check for “up to and including my life”. As I do every … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse Dot Org Profiles “No More Tears”
Carl Kruse remains on break but his friend Daniela Frewa would like to tell you about “No More Tears,” a non-profit organization that aids victims of domestic violence, most who tend to be disproportionally women and children. The person who founded No More Tears, Somy Ali, is an amazing woman who has dedicated her life … [Read more…]
Poems – Carl Kruse Dot Org
Carl Kruse is taking a break. This is from the Carl Kruse Dot Org archival clutter. During the summer of 1988 Tammy Kaup shared a short poem by Roger Shattuck which has stayed with me all this time, at times being more salient, only to fade away and then later reappear. As 2016 begins this … [Read more…]
To Martin Luther King From Carl Kruse Dot Org
Carl Kruse is on break. This is a guest post from Brent Harrison. Some time ago I got together with a friend on Martin Luther King Day and to honor the man we read together his “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” in which King answered his critics who called his activities “untimely and unwise” with … [Read more…]
Carl Kruse Recommends Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
by Carl Kruse “What’s a great place in Miami that has nothing to do with partying,” ask several friends arriving in the city. And I send one and all to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG). There are few places like it. Exotic plants A to Z. A research and education facility. A festival venue. A … [Read more…]
Happy Winter Solstice
By Carl Kruse 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 … [Read more…]
The Best Aquarium In The World
Carl Kruse Dot Org Profiles: The Monterey Bay Aquarium by Carl Kruse 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 … [Read more…]
We Are The Music Makers, The Dreamers Of Dreams
by Carl Kruse 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 … [Read more…]