car harm

Author: khemarato

_authors/bucknell.md

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 title: "Roderick S. Bucknell"
 ---
 
-Rod Bucknell is an Australian scholar of early and Theravāda Buddhism who was briefly ordained in Thailand from 1967–1971 as Ariyananda Bhikkhu.
-He went on to teach religion at the University of Queensland until his retirement.
+Rod Bucknell was an Australian scholar of languages and early Buddhism who was briefly ordained in Thailand from 1967–1971 as Ariyananda Bhikkhu.
+He taught and wrote extensively about languages, religion, and meditation in Queensland for the remainder of his career.
+He passed away in 2026 at the age of 88.
 
-~ From [his biography on the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives](https://web.archive.org/web/20220702120833/https://en.bia.or.th/roderick-s-bucknell){:target="_blank"}
+~ From [his biography on the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives](https://web.archive.org/web/20220702120833/https://en.bia.or.th/roderick-s-bucknell){:target="_blank"} and [his obituary by Mark Allon](https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/passing-of-rod-bucknell/43189?u=khemarato.bhikkhu){:target="_blank"}.

_content/articles/car-harm_miner-patrick-et-al.md

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+---
+title: "Car Harm: A Global Review of Automobility's Harm to People and the Environment"
+authors:
+  - "Patrick Miner"
+  - "Barbara Smith"
+  - "Anant Jani"
+  - "Geraldine McNeill"
+  - "Alfred Gathorne-Hardy"
+external_url: "https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/files/82299806/Smith2024VoR_1_.pdf"
+source_url: "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103817"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tOD6_rLBe5pKU4TbROFVcLcGkPAmIRmc/view?usp=drivesdk"
+course: things
+tags:
+  - cars
+year: 2024
+month: feb
+journal: "Journal of Transport Geography"
+publisher: "Elsevier BV"
+volume: 115
+number: 103817
+openalexid: W4391896730
+pages: 17
+---
+
+> This literature review synthesises the negative consequences of automobility, or car harm, which we have grouped into four categories: violence, ill health, social injustice, and environmental damage.
+
+> Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by automobility.
+> Cars have exacerbated social inequities and damaged ecosystems in every global region, including in remote car-free places.
+> While some people benefit from automobility, nearly everyone—whether or not they drive—is harmed by it.
+> Slowing automobility's violence and pollution will be impracticable without the replacement of policies that encourage car harm with policies that reduce it.
+> To that end, the paper briefly summarises interventions that are ready for implementation.
+

_courses/mn.md

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 ## Time Requirement
 
-This course is quite long if you hope to complete it. But don't worry: each of [the modules](/series/mn-study_bodhi) (not to mention each sutta) is a fairly self-contained unit and can be studied independently based on your interests.  Feel free to pick and choose as you like!
+This course is quite long if you hope to complete it. But don't worry: each of [the modules](/series/mn-study_bodhi) (not to mention each sutta) is a fairly self-contained unit and can be studied independently based on your interests and time.  Feel free to pick and choose as you like!
 
-For those looking to take the _entire_ course, I recommend setting aside **a few hours per week** to study the Majjhima Nikāya — perhaps Wednesdays, Sundays, or [Uposatha Days](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sila/uposatha.html){:target="_blank"} — whatever works for you.
+If you're looking for just a quick talk on each sutta in the collection, you may wish to check out [Clear Mountain's "10-Minute Majjhima" series on YouTube](/content/av/mission-majjhima_clear-mountain).
+
+For those looking to take the _entire_ course with Bhikkhu Bodhi, I recommend setting aside **a few hours per week** to study the Majjhima Nikāya — perhaps Wednesdays, Sundays, or [Uposatha Days](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sila/uposatha.html){:target="_blank"} — whatever works for you.
 Make these days a special “holy” day, dedicated to your practice and study. Read one sutta, listen to the lecture(s) on it and reflect.
 Take your time. Meditate on it. Let this weekly ritual become part of your life. If you keep it up, in a few years you may even be sad to know that you've finished the course!