We highlight a fundamental fact or reality of Nature – that all things are interconnected, that there is nothing we can do to escape the interrelatedness of everything within the whole wild diversity of all that is. Because this is true, if those points of connection are damaged, or worse, destroyed, the impacts radiate out through the webs of all those interconnections. They begin to break down, and what holds the whole together starts to unravel.
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Fostering Ecological Hope Weekend reflection from Margaret Swedish: I understand that scientific study seems to make little dent in the global warming/climate change denial syndrome, and so one wonders what it matters to cite the disturbing facts. I assume those of you reading this actually think science has something to tell us, is not mere […]
Tags: amazon carbon sink, climate change, fossil fuels, global warming, global warming denial, GRACE NASA, greenhouse gases, human civilization, ice loss and sea level rise, industrial society
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: It’s a bold move in today’s economy, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German government are committed to bringing an end to nuclear energy in Germany. In an announcement yesterday, May 30, the government said it will close all its nuclear plants by 2022. The announcement follows […]
Tags: fossil fuels, fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, germany to close nuclear power plants, nuclear dependency, nuclear energy, renewable energy, solar wind energy