Religions and faith traditions of all sorts face major upheavals in the face of ecological crises that are remaking our understanding of the human within the living reality of the planet. How they cope, how they emerge – whether in resistance to the transition underway or by opening to it in wholly new ways – being themselves transformed – will have a large influence on how we humans get through the crisis time.
Tags: consumerism, david r loy, ecological crisis, economic culture, economic growth model, encyclical human ecology, engaged buddhism, pope francis, religion and ecology
New creation is not a “thing” we make. It is an act, on ongoing unfolding. We create – like an artist before a canvas, or a writer, pen and journal in hand. Creation in this sense is not a result, a finished project. It is an ongoing work. It is a journey, full of potential, of surprises, of new insights, new revelations. And this work of new creation has never been more necessary than it is right now.
Tags: alices garden, california drought, daivd suzuki, ecological crisis, post carbon institute, richard heinberg, thich nhat hanh, thomas berry
What President Obama left out of his State of the Union address when it comes to the ecological crisis threatening our future.
Tags: all-of-the-above strategy, chemical industry, climate change, ecological crisis, enbridge, energy independence, fossil fuel industry, fracking, keystone xl, oil tanker trains, president obama, renewable energy, SOTU, state of the union address, tar sands, transcanada, west virginia chemical spill