Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
The title of my second book was certainly intended to get attention: Living Beyond the ‘End of the World:’ A Spirituality of Hope.
End of the world? Hope? How do these things go together?
It is uncomfortable, perhaps sad, certainly frightening, but an end of a world is coming, even has already [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today form Margaret Swedish:
On Sunday I offered a presentation for a conference organized by Milwaukee’s Interfaith Earth Network. The title of the conference: “Faith Encounters the Energy Crisis: Transitioning to Reduced Energy Consumption.” By now, many folks know I always come armed with a lot of grim news — but also a firm [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
I just get so discouraged by the political culture. It’s not like I find my hope in politics; but what I know is that we have to move politics to get done the things we need to get done. And to do that, we have to bring a new culture [...]
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