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 government seeding clouds. Oops, [...]
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 a firm [...]
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
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Please forgive the silence. Last week was very busy and I didn’t get a chance to do a thoughtful post — and I don’t like to post if it is not thoughtful.
Really hurting… yes, we are.
The Philippines, American Samoa, Indonesia… there in those places are our brothers and sisters. They [...]
Tags: american samoa, climate change, earth spirituality, ecological hope, greenhouse gas emissions, living beyond the end of the world, philippines floods, population density, tsunami, who is my neighbor
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yesterday I went for a viewing of “Waterlife: The Story of the Last Great Fresh Water Supply on Earth.” It was hard to get out of my seat when it was over – 90 mins of unrelentingly bleak news about the Great Lakes, one of the world’s natural wonders. [...]
Tags: earth spirituality, ecological hope, Great Lakes, lake michigan, water pollution, Waterlife