Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: If you’re paying attention to the news, you’ve seen reports from the Madeira Islands, Portugal – the massive floods, the torrential rains that caused torrents of water to wash away hillsides, homes, whole communities. This morning’s figures: 42 dead, 120 injured, many unaccounted for. Then this morning, I [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: That question gets me in trouble sometimes because it can imply judgment. But, really, what is wrong with us? When we receive information that tells us harm is being done, why isn’t our first reaction to stop doing the harm, instead of ‘how do we cover it up,’ [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Look, I know we are still basking in the various sacred celebrations of hope and renewal that come with the season, but sometimes we get hit with reality in any case. Yesterday, my Chicago niece sent me this article from the Chicago Tribune, Global Warming: Australia showing effects [...]