Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: I had all sorts of plans for my one post this week. I have stories all lined up here, about the collapse of the middle class and what this means for our prospects for abundant ecologically sane life. I have articles on the new studies showing that we [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Your support for this project is its renewable, earth-friendly source of energy. Please help us grow into 2012 with a tax-deductible donation. For more info on our current work, see this news update: Ecological hope will only emerge from a change in our collective lives. Our work is [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: This is intended for the “News” page, but I wanted all my readers and visitors to see this message. It’s an update on the project, but I find no way to disconnect that update from the urgency I feel – no, more than urgency, let’s be honest, more [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: I know that my headlines do not always bolster my ‘ecological hope’ theme, or the fostering of it, but there it is. I still believe we have to confront reality or else our hope is based in fantasy. So Saturday, the NY Times had this amazing 3-page spread, [...]
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