Reflections on the beginning of the ‘06 hurricane season
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Okay, two new studies cited in the NY Times today support the theory that global warming is creating stronger hurricanes. In anticipation of the report's release, here is the web site of Matthew Huber of Purdue University, one of those involved in the study. The study results are to […]
Cutting carbon emissions is also good business
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
In order to restore the earth’s ecological balance in a way that can support the web of life of which we humans are a part, the corporate world will need to break with inertia, despite griping from stockholders who want immediate profit results, and a political culture that, at least […]
Real ecological hope this Memorial Day
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
As we come to the end of this Memorial Day weekend, this wish — no more shedding blood for oil. No more war to assert the right of this nation or any other to wrest control of another country's oil, gas, pipeline routes, or other natural resources through force […]
We are certainly not intimidated by $3 per gallon
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
You know, this blog, and my work, is about ecological hope. I call it that on purpose, because dealing with these issues can be so grim. It is hard to be messenger for the news that we have an extremely difficult future immediately ahead of us if we don't change our behavior right […]
Again, ethanol will not solve our fossil fuel problem
Today from Margaret Swedish:
A column in today’s NY Times business section got me back on line looking at what the research says about the feasibility of switching from oil to biofuels for our cars. The column first of all delineates the relative cost of different fuel sources - the cheapest being electric cars (cost of coast-to-coast […]
Scary film on depletion of fossil fuels
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Had a chance last night to watch the documentary, The End of Suburbia. Want to recommend it to you – not just to scare you to death about the times that are coming here in the US, but as yet another call to action. This is a great film for families, churches, […]
support this call to action
Today from Margaret Swedish:
If we are running out of time, then we do not have 2 1/2 years of this current administration to wait to take action. Nor will we extract significant action from Congress, unless citizens really stir things up politically around issues of global warming and resource depletion.
So, I just want to […]
Dire situation, meek solutions
Today from Margaret Swedish:
A few days ago, Katherine Ellison, in an op-ed for the NY Times, said something that has been bugging me for some time now. If our global warming/climate change scenario is so scary, how come the proposals for addressing it are so meek?
From Al Gore’s new film to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel […]
Bush wants to go nucular
Today from Margaret Swedish:
President Bush yesterday said the solution to the greenhouse gas problem is to build more nuclear power plants – more and more of them — hundreds of them.
Deep ecologist James Lovelock said the same thing, causing great controversy in the environmental movement. Lovelock says we have much more to fear from […]
An Inconvenient Truth - NY Times Review
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Here's the link to the New York Times' review of An Inconvenient Truth. Film reviewer A.O. Scott calls it "necessary."
The film is really under attack by the right-wing TV and radio pundits. All the more reason to see it. Take the whole family. Have long conversations about it. Start changing our […]
