Desert blowing over China
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
The headline on the front page of yesterday's NY Times was certainly dramatic, A Sea of Sand is Threatening China's Heart. The article tells the story of the waves of sand that are rapidly claiming huge swaths of central China, blowing east, threatening the city of Beijing. Two deserts are […]
Environmental costs of corn-based ethanol
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
I have posted before on the debate around ethanol and the fact that it may be dirtier to produce than the greenhouse gas savings at the other end when it becomes fuel for our cars. A friend passed along this article to me, which I pass on to you, […]
Living in “mud huts” - Rumsfeld’s insult
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Okay, this may not seem directly related to my blog topic, but I can't let this pass by unremarked. After yesterday's post with that beautiul quote from Ohiyesa, I find this in today's NY Times. It is an article about Sec. of Def. Rumsfeld's visit to Vietnam (for the […]
Indigenous spirituality, earth spirituality
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Part of our problem (and it is basic) in trying to figure our way out of the disastrous mess we have made of our nurturing earth is that we still tend towards solutions under the old biblical framework of dominating and subduing the earth, or, as in the previous […]
Some nasty changes global warming will bring
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
This morning's New York Times has lots of bad news regarding the impact of global warming. One article had to do with the bad news coming to your back yard. More poison ivy with more potent poison, broader ranges for invasive insects, which means more Lyme disease, more West […]
Our impulse to control nature
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Following up from yesterday's post on the Army Corps, this thought from The End of Nature by Bill McKibben:
"The momentum behind our impulse to control nature may be too strong to stop. But the likelihood of defeat is not an excuse to avoid trying. In one sense it's an […]
The Army Corps’ self-critique
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
You've been hearing and reading reports (Wash. Post, NY Times, MSNBC) about the Army Corps of Engineers' self-critique regarding its woefully lacking levee protection system in New Orleans, the system that failed so dreadfully last year. For those interested, here's where you can read the draft report.
For all its self-criticism, […]
We mark the beginning of the hurricane season
Fostering ecological hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yes, today marks the beginning of the hurricane season, as if we could miss it given the overwhelming news coverage of the fact. Meteorologists predict a busier-than-usual season, a bit like last year, though that does not mean that anyone knows how many storms there will be, how big […]
The Great Turning
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Many of us believe, actually more than believe, that we humans are in the process of a huge transition in our earth journey. Some folks call this threshold moment in evolution "The Great Turning." We are on the brink of a great transformation in human consciousness. But we must […]
