Posted July 4th, 2006 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Happy Fourth of July! Today we celebrate in blissful denial, as polls show that we are driving just as many miles as ever this holiday, flying just as many miles, as if this consumer nation can just go on like this forever.
To help make this possible — to stretch out the [...]
Tags: climate change, consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, ecological overshoot, environmental disasters, fossil fuel dependency, justice
Posted July 3rd, 2006 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
You recall we had a bit of rain in the DC area over several days last week — a foot in many places. It rained so hard that much of it was simply runoff, causing streams and rivers to flood, washing over the ground, pushing everything in its path towards — [...]
Tags: consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, ecological overshoot, environmental disasters
Posted July 1st, 2006 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
As we mark once again the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, while partying away one hopes we can take a moment to reflect on our national condition. Independence is a lovely word, but hardly relevant in a world where we are more than ever before in human history so profoundly interdependent.
Independent [...]
Tags: climate change, consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, ecological overshoot, environmental disasters, fossil fuel dependency, inspiration and reflection, justice