Posted April 19th, 2008 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Still full of yesterday’s thoughts, I want to add this post for our weekend reflection. Earth Day approaches, a good time to ponder the true nature of our relationship with our planet.
Spirituality encompasses many things. It is an orientation to life, an inner attitude that determines our values, [...]
Tags: climate change, consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, greenhouse gas emissions, inspiration and reflection, justice, population growth
Posted April 18th, 2008 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
What I want to talk about today is how we are going to live in a world like the one we have made and keep our integrity.
I feel completely overwhelmed by the week’s news on rising global hunger, the energy supply crisis that is driving up the price of fuel, [...]
Tags: climate change, consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, fossil fuel dependency, inspiration and reflection, justice
Posted April 9th, 2008 in
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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, , which [...]
Tags: consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, ecological overshoot, fossil fuel dependency, inspiration and reflection, justice
Posted April 8th, 2008 in
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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 countries, energy demands, [...]
Tags: consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, fossil fuel dependency, inspiration and reflection, renewable fuels