In 2008, will we stop destroying the planet?
Humans must stop their violence and exploitation of Nature if we are to preserve life at all.
Another urgent call on climate change from the United Nations
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today, again, from Margaret Swedish:
Forgive me for posting twice in a day. I just wanted to draw your attention to the new report from the UN Development Program indicating the urgent need to address the impacts of climate change on the poorest populations on our planet. We can reflect on […]
The world is changing all around us
Oil producers are awash in petrodollars, investing in US corporations and markets around the world. Nearly a third of US debt is held by foreign creditors. Riots in French suburbs reveal more demographic changes that are irreversible drivers in a world undergoing reeling change.
Pondering disaster
Climate change will mean more and greater disasters. They are calls to change how we live, to grow in compassion, to strengthen our spiritual values of unselfishness, sharing out of our excess and need, values deeply rooted in the Christian tradition.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues most dire warning yet
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues fourth report warning that humanity and our earth face a grim future because of global warming unless we act immediately to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Folks, we’re in trouble
The California wildfires were driven also by climate change, say scientists, a portend of things to come if we don’t begin to live in balance with the ecosystems of the Earth.
The dulling of autumn
Global warming is dulling the autumn colors from Vermont to Wisconsin. This may mark a permanent change in the landscape and an irretrievable loss to the beauty of this land.
Running out of water
Drought across half the continental US, Arctic wildlife habitats altered by warming, and still we live in climate change denial.
“We’re going to get a meter and there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Found a special report in the Pulse section of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel this morning regarding the imminent flooding of our coastal communities because of rising sea levels. The expected rise by the end of the century is at least one meter, a bit over three feet. These […]
While the world cooks, George Bush retreats into his usual adolescent stubbornness
While the world addresses climate change at the United Nations, President Bush spurns the international community and holds his own meeting over ‘aspirational goals’ to reduce carbon emissions.
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