Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Please forgive the silence. Last week was very busy and I didn’t get a chance to do a thoughtful post — and I don’t like to post if it is not thoughtful.
Really hurting… yes, we are.
The Philippines, American Samoa, Indonesia… there in those places are our brothers and sisters. They [...]
Tags: american samoa, climate change, earth spirituality, ecological hope, greenhouse gas emissions, living beyond the end of the world, philippines floods, population density, tsunami, who is my neighbor
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yes, that’s what’s happening. While this stupid debate rages about whether or not climate is changing because of human-induced warming of the atmosphere, or will change, or how soon the change will come about — climate is changing. And some of the effects are already severe.
In this week’s edition of [...]
Tags: altered planet, australia, climate change, drought, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, persistent drought, Southwest U.S., tropical zone expanding
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
[I will be away from my computer for a few days. Next post: June 11.]
Just what I needed this week. After viewing ABC’s special, Earth 2100, I badly needed a jolt of hope. It’s not that I don’t agree with the bleak portrayal of life in this century of looming [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
How’s that title for a little alliteration? Try to say it ten times real fast.
Okay, but seriously: sometimes it feels like my main job here is to grab up pieces of the picture, fragments that come from this source and that, and then put them together into a frame that [...]
Tags: climate change, coal fired power plant, earth spirituality, energy use, environmental refugees, global warming, good samaritan, greenhouse gas emissions, humanitarian disasters, hurricane season, intergovernmental panel on climate change, oxfam america