Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Tough to reconcile that headline with the mantra with which I begin each post – fostering ecological hope. The fact is, and I really believe this, that hope rests firmly on clarity of vision about our predicament. If we don’t see what’s wrong with the way we humans […]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Some interesting stats: as of June 30, total U.S. consumer debt stood at $11.7 trillion. Some 11.4% of that debt is delinquent, totaling $1.3 trillion. Meanwhile, as we all learned this week, the number of people living in poverty in the U.S. rose last year and will likely […]
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 […]