Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: I will be away from my computer for a few days, so I wanted to leave on the home page here something reflective of this magical time of year in the Midwest. Forget for a moment that Southern Wisconsin, from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan, is suffering under [...]
Tags: air pollution, earth regeneration, earth spirituality, lake michigan, love the earth, march in midwest, spring melt, toxic contamination of nature
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Folks who have read my book, heard my talks, or visit this website know that one of my favorite things to do is to put together seemingly disparate pieces of our ecological puzzle, connect seemingly separate dots, to try to present a more accurate picture of the human [...]
Tags: childhood depression, E.P.A., earth spirituality, Earthweek a diary of the planet, ecological hope, global warming, mexico oil, oil dependency, peak oil, pemex, south american heat wave, toxic waters
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: This is what happens when the human attempts to dominate, control and manipulate the natural world with hubris and pride: New Mexico City Could Become a Sinkhole — brought to you by the oil drilling industry. Gee, we’re sorry. Unusual early heavy snow fall is result of Chinese [...]
Tags: china seeding clouds, consumerism and ecology, drug resistant superbugs, earth spirituality, earthweek, freshwater fish mercury contamination, human hubris, industrial livestock agriculture, new mexico sinkhole, overuse of antibiotics, plasma screens
Fostering Ecological Hope Today form Margaret Swedish: On Sunday I offered a presentation for a conference organized by Milwaukee’s Interfaith Earth Network. The title of the conference: “Faith Encounters the Energy Crisis: Transitioning to Reduced Energy Consumption.” By now, many folks know I always come armed with a lot of grim news — but also [...]
Tags: bob herbert, earth spirituality, ecology and spirituality, energy crisis, fossil fuels, global footprint network, interfaith earth network, see judge act, the great work, thomas berry