Yesterday's trip to Banyen books helped cement this summer's course of study. I'm in the habit of focussing in the summer on a couple of areas that have been percolating throughout the winter and now I've narrowed it down to the following three.

The first is a sustained study of Integral Ecology. After reading some great reviews I've finally picked up a copy of "Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives in the Natural World" (link is yet another site running Drupal, BTW).

Wired has an interesting article on Nasa's predictions for violent solar storms to erupt in 2012 and their cataclysmic effect on the world's power grids. It's great to see this getting the attention it deserves. Personally I believe that preparing for societal collapse through personal physical and mental preparation like spiritual development (esp. meditation and martial arts), and basic community-resilience preparation such as community gardens and farmer's markets, take top priority at the present time.