US and other countries see climate change differently
Fostering Ecological Hope
Another word for today from Margaret Swedish:
It is not only US ecologists and climatologists who notice that US government agencies tend to approach the issue of climate change ‘differently’ than other government agencies and research centers. The Bush administration is at odds with allies like Tony Blair and many European governments who […]
‘driving drunk at ever higher speeds’
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today again from Margaret Swedish:
And still, there is no greater threat to our survival, to the ecosystems and societal systems of this earth, than nuclear weapons. So when I read this NY Times Op-Ed from Bob Herbert, a chill went down my spine (joining the tingle from my Wash. Post reading this […]
Biotechnology - ‘leaving law and policy behind’
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
“It’s too cheap, it’s too fast, there are too many people who know too much, and it’s too late to stop it.” [Robert Erwin, biogeneticist]
Disturbing story in the Washington Post this morning about the uncontrolled growth of the biotech industry and the rather horrific dangers this poses for life […]
message from wombat
Fostering Ecological Hope
Rather enjoyed this, so thought I’d sent it along:
http://globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml.
Margaret Swedish
Are we triggering ‘big forces out there?’
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Well, you might be baking in the unprecedented California heat wave. Or you might have been among the half million without power in St. Louis, suffering through unrelenting heat and humidity. You might be among the hundreds of folks in Fairport Harbor OH recovering from the 10 inches of […]
Work hard this week
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Okay, I have no idea if I will be able to post for the next few days. I am going to Toronto for a very intriguing conference which I will post about when I get back to Maryland this weekend. Please stay tuned.
I just spent a couple of remarkable […]
Deleted from NASA’s mission: understanding and protecting home planet
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
It can’t be any clearer than this — a story on the front page of today’s NY Times reporting that last February NASA quietly deleted from its mission statement its commitment “to understand and protect our home planet.” Read it and weep.
Then get busy responding, because this is an outrage. […]
Eyewitnesses to Arctic melt
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Still in Wisconsin. This morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Metro section had this article regarding a harrowing adventure by two guys who decided to do a summer walk to the North Pole. They give eyewitness testimony to the new summer reality on the Arctic Ocean. It is getting a whole […]
Debunking science more important than saving the planet?
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Here is a good example of what we’re up against — a guest op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday morning from a right-wing ideologue named William Rusher. He is heralded as a “Distinguished Fellow” of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.” I put that […]
It’s hot outside - warm weather: scary, and bad for your health
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Back from a few days at a conference in St. Paul, the biannual Sisters of the Earth gathering — a very prophetic group of people deeply involved in earth spirituality projects, organic farming and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), earth and cosmology education efforts, and more. You can visit them […]
