Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: [This post is longer than usual but stuff I've been thinking about a lot lately. I hope you will take time to read it, comment, and share it with others. And then please consider a donation to keep this project moving along.] Are we really coming to the [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Of course, given the grim news of recent days, months, years, it would not be surprising to find that U.S. Americans’ trust in institutions is eroding. This phenomenon is apparent in a recent Associated Press-National Constitution Center poll released last week. High on the list for distrust are [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: In a culture hypnotized by the myth of economic growth – that there will always be more forever and our standard of living will always increase for all eternity – it is hard to come crashing into the wall of limits. This is our most fundamental theme – [...]
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Well, Friends, there is a lot to talk about here at our project, lots of catching up to do and things to tell you about. When I returned to my home town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2 1/2 years ago, after 26 years in the DC area, the question for me was whether or not this [...]
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