New creation is not a “thing” we make. It is an act, on ongoing unfolding. We create – like an artist before a canvas, or a writer, pen and journal in hand. Creation in this sense is not a result, a finished project. It is an ongoing work. It is a journey, full of potential, of surprises, of new insights, new revelations. And this work of new creation has never been more necessary than it is right now.
Tags: alices garden, california drought, daivd suzuki, ecological crisis, post carbon institute, richard heinberg, thich nhat hanh, thomas berry
It has one – racism has an ecology. As I wrote a few days ago about fossil fuels, so of racism. What we said about ecology is that it is about “a web of interconnection, intricate, complex, ubiquitous, supporting” – in this case, supporting what? A way of being, entitlement and privilege, attitudes, identities, and […]
Tags: biodiversity, black lives matter, cultural diversity, environmental justice, gaia, human ecology, interbeing, mechanistic thinking, racism, segregation, thich nhat hanh, white flight
Fostering Ecological Hope Reflections on Culture and Meaning by Margaret Swedish Listening to this culture attempt to talk to itself about gun violence in the wake of the Aurora CO massacre is really depressing. It sounds a lot like the way we talk about climate change in the face of unprecedented drought, floods, storms, Arctic […]
Tags: aurora colorado massacre, climate change, great turning, gun control, heart of the buddha's teaching, interbeing, james holmes, thich nhat hanh