Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: We learn this as children — we are responsible for our actions. When they have bad consequences, conscience tells us that we must take responsibility for that. And then there are the rich nations of the world… There are countries that have benefited from pollution, and we are [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: We continue to follow the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, sponsored by the United Nations under its Framework Convention on Climate Change. Today, we want to share with you a piece written by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. He speaks to the urgency of action, and the [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: I don’t know about you, but I am getting really tired of hearing over and over again that this country, the US of A, continues to be the major impediment blocking the possiblity of quick and effective international action on global warming. The post-Kyoto climate conference, sponsored by [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: The world is ready for big lifestyle changes in response to the human warming of the planet — not everyone, but a large majority of us, this according to the BBC. This is very good news. But it makes all the more woeful the lack of leadership from [...]