Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: No, no more, no more this business about ‘clean coal.’ Coal-powered energy is brought to you at the cost of human lives and vast ecological destruction. This issue is not just about CO2, though coal is the largest single source of CO2 emissions and that must end. But [...]
Tags: clean coal, dirty coal, greenhouse gas emissions, king coal, liquified coal, massey energy company, upper big branch mine, west virginia mine explosion
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: ana sophia joanes, earth 2100, FRESH the movie, gmo's, greenhouse gas emissions, growing power, industrial agriculture, organic farming, urban farming, will allen