Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
We are in an amazing time. Many of our problems are quite grave. In the midst of that, this resurgence of hope. Check out the one-minute YouTube video on our home page. It will make you feel really good — a welcome from the world to Obama. [...]
Tags: barack obama, caol-fired power plants, climate change, coal industry, earth spirituality, ecological hope, energy efficiency, global warming, Great Lakes, the great turning
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
We bask in a new political moment here in the U.S. We bask in a new moment — for a moment.
Because we know how difficult the days ahead will be.
President-Elect Barack Obama, to our relief, did not take a triumphant tone in his victory speech. The tone was sober, even [...]
Tags: change we can believe in, ecological overshoot, ecosystem breakdown, global warming, planet in peril, President-elect Barack Obama
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
DEATH OF THE FORESTS: ANOTHER GLOBAL WARMING STORY
On a site that seeks to foster hope, we deal with grief. We have to. If you love the natural world, if you are tuned into its intricate beauty, its complex ecosytems, its resilience and rich biodiversity, you cannot help but feel in [...]
Tags: bark beetle, death for western forests, earth spirituality, ecological grief, global warming, mountain pine beetle
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Exceedingly bad news from the Arctic this week. From the Washington Post yesterday, Report says Arctic temperatures at record highs:
“Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining…”
Temperatures this autumn [...]
Tags: climate change, earth spirituality, ecological ethics, global warming, greenhouse gas, methane and global warming, permafrost melting, record arctic melt