Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Earlier today someone thanked me by way of the comment function for an essay I wrote one year ago. So I went back to look at it. I found it still so relevant that I want to revisit it here with a link: Arriving at the End of the Infinite.
Regular [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
I asked my niece what I should write about today. The choices were: more Haiti, Asian Carp DNA in Lake Michigan (thanks Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Illinois), kids altering the functioning of their brains by being wired and online an average 7-8 hours a day, or…
Therapists [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
So what do climate change, rising risk of heart disease, and Jimmy Carter’s concerns about racism embedded in the attacks on Prez Obama all have in common?
Yesterday’s front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had these two headlines: Warming in Wisconsin: A rise in average annual temperatures by 2055 could [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
You know, in this economic meltdown, you look at the signposts to see if there is any direction in terms of where we are headed. I have a few for us today.
Goldman Sachs — stunning profits
JP Morgan Chase — stunning profits
Citigroup — terrific profits
Bank of America — surprising profits
U.S. Treasury [...]