The planet is forever changed and changing. We are living crisis to crisis it seems as industrial society, still growing at a voracious pace, devours more and more of what we need for life. Over and over again we hear the bad news stories about the state of our planet. We already know it’s bad. Therefore, this essential question: given the reality, what in the world do we do now?
Fostering Ecological Hope Reflections on Culture and Meaning by Margaret Swedish Here’s the thing: we are either going to grab hold of this greatest challenge in human evolution, or we are going to fail as a species. And that failure will come about in two possible ways: either through sudden collapses or catastrophes, or through […]
Fostering Ecological Hope Reflections on Culture and Meaning by Margaret Swedish You’ve probably noticed I haven’t posted in a while. If you haven’t noticed, then something ain’t right here, because we would want you to miss these posts, no? I’ve been pondering the future of this project lately, feeling the need to engage more fiercely […]
Fostering Ecological Hope Reflections on culture and meaning Are you enjoying the weather? We are going to be 35 degrees above normal today. Much of the country is experiencing record warmth. This is not one of those occasional Spring flings, a quick tease heralding the promise of warmer weather, followed by quick descent back to […]