Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
I asked my niece what I should write about today. The choices were: more Haiti, Asian Carp DNA in Lake Michigan (thanks Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Illinois), kids altering the functioning of their brains by being wired and online an average 7-8 hours a day, or…
Therapists [...]
Tags: asian carp dna lake michigan, degradation of ecosystems, ecological crisis, ecology and lifestyle issues, ecopsychology, going green, going green and family tensions, planetary consciousness, preserving planet strains relationships
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
[Late addition: Since we wrote this post on Jan. 15, the Obama administration announced that it would cease deportation of Haitians in the US and offer them Temporary Departure Status (TPS) for at least 18 months. This will allow them to work legally in the US and presumably send money [...]
Tags: changing planet, crisis of hunger, ecological resilience, gap between rich and poor, haiti earthquake, haiti's international debt, jubilee usa network
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
I’m sorry for not posting for several days. It has been a very busy time.
But I must post today. I must. Like the tsunami that struck Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka several years ago, some natural disasters stun the brain, shatter the heart. They are some of the most devastating reminders [...]
Tags: biocapacity, ecological overshoot, growing gap between rich and poor, haiti dictatorship, haiti earthquake, human solidarity, living planet
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Okay, holidays over, back to work. I know so many people reluctant to go back to their jobs and stresses, and that already says something about our world, right?
It’s tough out there.
I always hate being the purveyor of bad news, but I was really struck by a long article in [...]
Tags: biophysical boundaries, climate change, co2 emissions, ecological hope, food stamps, girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes, global warming, irreversible climate change, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, safe operating space for humanity, severn suzuki, susan solomon