Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Okay, holidays over, back to work. I know so many people reluctant to go back to their jobs and stresses, and that already says something about our world, right?
It’s tough out there.
I always hate being the purveyor of bad news, but I was really struck by a long article in [...]
Tags: biophysical boundaries, climate change, co2 emissions, ecological hope, food stamps, girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes, global warming, irreversible climate change, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, safe operating space for humanity, severn suzuki, susan solomon
Fostering Ecological Hope
This week from Margaret Swedish:
We’re not posting much over the holidays, but I wanted to send a little reflection as we mark this artificial measure of time – end of a year, end of a decade.
…a decade with some pretty terrible horrors within it. I remember like yesterday my train ride to Manhattan [...]
Tags: 9/11, cancer epidemic, ecological hope, ecosystem collapse, happy new year, human population stresses, lost habitats, new creation, warmest decade on record
Fostering Ecological Hope
This week from Margaret Swedish:
If we have learned anything by dint of our ecological crisis, surely it is the title of this post. If any mirrors can honestly reflect the human predicament, they are those that hold up before us the images of this damaged planet.
For as we have damaged the planet, so [...]
Tags: alicia ostriker, cultural devastation, ecological hope, industrial age, jonathan lear, peace on earth, peace with earth, radical hope, the book of seventy
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Folks, we just published a new edition of our online Zine.
Topics: 1) Thermodynamics of Everyday Life, 2 essays written by Michael J. Swedish, professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering; 2) a new statement from religious groups, A Call to Integrate Faith, Ecology and the Global Economy.
I’m pretty proud of [...]
Tags: balance of nature, copenhagen international conference on climate change, ecological hope, faith ecology economy, laws of thermodynamics, michael swedish