Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yes, that’s what’s happening. While this stupid debate rages about whether or not climate is changing because of human-induced warming of the atmosphere, or will change, or how soon the change will come about — climate is changing. And some of the effects are already severe.
In this week’s edition of [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Dealing with a deadline for a project, so I haven’t had time to post yet this week. While I work through that, however, I still follow the significant news regarding our ecological predicament. So I just want to cite some articles that, gathered together, remind us of the fact that [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Fire. One of the four elements. A frightening power.
According to ancient Greek philosophers, Water and Earth, two other essential elements, draw us downward and within. They are our bodies, the stuff of which we are made. Within them we plant what nurtures us, within them teeming life dwells.
Fire and Air [...]
Tags: australia wildfires, climate change, drought, earth spirituality, four elements, global warming