As I come nearer to the conclusion of Boff's "Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor", he is getting more and more insistent on that need/requirement for an EcoReformation that eclipses the scale and scope of all prior Reformations, for the Ecological Crisis demands that our theology be far more direct and "apocalyptic" in it's approach. But "Apocalypse", as Continue Reading
“In 1969, while the worldwide youth "revolution" of 1968 was still in full swing, physicist Werner Heisenberg (who formulated the uncertainty principle) made some observations that provide a fruitful starting point for our topic. His conference to the Association of German Scientists was titled "Changes in the Thought Structure Produced by Scientific Progress." Actually, he originally intended to call it Continue Reading
“The science is also clear about how we might do this. Build renewable energy sources, transmission lines to carry that energy where needed, and batteries to store that energy, which would push aside fossil fuels. Stop heating and cooking with dirty fuels. Learn how to make cement and plastics and steel without spewing carbon dioxide. Replace gasoline cars with electric Continue Reading
“Come with me if you want to live”. https://x.com/WeDontHaveTime/status/1973028699974074781
I am blown away by the level of scientific respect and insight in the "theological" work of Leonardo Boff in "Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor". Looking like I'm going to have to part with some money and buy the Kindle version. Boff is a great antidote to the notion that theology is inherently hostile to or ignorant Continue Reading
The below text is grabbed from the screenshot provided by Andy Revkin at https://x.com/Revkin/status/1959981987193667792/photo/1 "suppresses critical scientific facts because those facts inconveniently stand in the way of the administration's political agenda" fromtheprow.agu.org "All That's Gold Does Not Glitter" By: Brandon Jones ON 20 AUGUST 2025 AT 9:15 AM "At the end of this week, federal agencies will have submitted their Continue Reading
Eco-Reformation* is needed! Nothing less, for STARTERS.“It is now time for us to do a collective calling-in for our survival. And we’re going to need these folks who claim to hold the moral center of our hearts and our societies to actually understand that if you are neutral, says Bishop Desmond Tutu, in the face of Continue Reading
I am so struck right now (and most other times) at how concerned Bill McKibben was in '08 when he wrote what I'm now re-reading in "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and The Durable Future", and to see how much worse things have gotten, and much faster than he knew then. McKibben was much better informed (he saw to Continue Reading
Because the politics is just a tool to their access to power and wealth. It exposes how their "claims" to "morality" and "Pro Life" have always been smokescreens to hide this actual grounding in "whatever gets us to the pinnacle". Imposters.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/why-evangelicals-couldnt-care-less-about-trumps-epstein-scandal/
Here's another of those posts whose content I can full agree and feel strongly about. But what it is missing is the deception of our time that threatens to pull the rug out from under all our political, economic, social lives, as well as our very lives and that of most all surrounding life: the deception that we can ignore Continue Reading
Screenshot of an oldie but a goodie in the realm of “Theological” Denial of any Ecological Crisis. Check that context sir. “created things” is not the earth, but man-made idols. There is zero reference to people who honor the earth and strive to “keep” it as it is proclaimed in Genesis 2 as God’s purpose for humans. Do some reading Continue Reading
What a bunch of absolute idiots (now that they are anything BUT a “protection” agency, thanks to MAGA/GOP). The grand pooba thinks he can revoke reality. EPA to revoke “endangerment finding,” landmark basis for regulating greenhouse gases. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-revoke-endangerment-finding-regulating-greenhouse-gases/
Internet meme: “OUR ECONOMY SHOULD BE MEASURED BY HOW THE BOTTOM 30% ARE DOING IN THE SUPERMARKET – NOT HOW THE TOP 1% ARE DOING IN THE STOCK MARKET.” Totally agree with this. But I also noticing how utterly clueless our "economic" analyses are in their assessments which continue to ignore the ecological costs of our "business as usual". It Continue Reading
Wow: "Reducing greenhouse gas pollution, ecosystem degradation, and biodiversity loss and restoring land could have an estimated $140 trillion of benefit annually—a third more than the entire 2023 global GDP."—Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth. What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures (p. 35). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
A key reality check that is used in Ecological Economic outlook: "Over half of the world’s GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services." — Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth. What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures (p. 34). Random House Kindle Edition With a rapidly warming planet, impacts on soil/cops/water , climate, and working humans Continue Reading