Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Two paths diverge. That’s how we ended yesterday, and I just wanted to follow up, because there was more news today about these choices in front us, other dramatic examples of what I mean. First, this thought towards the end of Thomas Homer-Dixon‘s book, The Upside of Down, [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: The project I am involved in deals with hope — and I’m telling you, some days I know what that phrase from scripture means where it says, hope against hope. There is such force of momentum in global dynamics right now — population growth, economic growth in developing [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: When we speak about ecology, we speak of relationships. Over and over again we need to say this until we really ˜get it.’ We humans are not over and above Nature; we are not masters of Nature, much less the universe. We are not at the top of [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Sorry for not posting all week — some emergencies that had to be dealt with. You know how life is, what John Lennon once sang: “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.” Not a bad lesson for us to learn as we confront the multi-layers of [...]