Posted June 9th, 2008 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
If you are of a certain age, you know what the headline means. The first lines of her famous song just keep repeating over and over in my head:
Don’t know why, there’s no sun up in the sky, stormy weather…
I don’t usually post two days in a row unless [...]
Tags: climate change, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, inspiration and reflection
Posted June 8th, 2008 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Just a reminder: fostering ecological hope is not about fostering false hope about our situation on the planet right now. It is not about fostering denial or trying to assure us that life can go on as it is without a lot of inconvenience or, to be honest, profound [...]
Tags: climate change, consumer culture, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, ecological overshoot, fossil fuel dependency, inspiration and reflection, population growth
Posted June 7th, 2008 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Tonight from Margaret Swedish:
Sorry for the long silence this week. I fight a virus after dealing with a family medical emergency. All these things that remind us we are not in control, that we, too, like all living things, are subject to nature, not in control of it, despite the mythology [...]
Tags: climate change, deep ecology, earth spirituality, ecological hope, inspiration and reflection
Posted May 23rd, 2008 in
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Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
[Friends and Visitors: just a warning that this is a longish post, not quick reading. I hope you will ponder this reflection and share your thoughts with us.]
We are not a humble nation, and we are certainly not used to the idea that U.S. America may not be the [...]
Tags: climate change, earth spirituality, ecological hope, ecological overshoot, fossil fuel dependency, inspiration and reflection, population growth