I believe that most of Western Civilization is all too happy to avail themselves of what I will call “Distraction Denial”. That’s a form of Climate Crisis denial that gravitates to “anything but”. It’s “anything but” calling attention to the gravity of the Ecological Crisis. Progressives are (and understandably, for obvious reasons) all into this, because of the many sub-crises Continue Reading
“For the greater part of human history, and in places in the world today, common resources were the rule. But some invented a different story, a social construct in which everything is a commodity to be bought and sold. The market economy story has spread like wildfire, with uneven results for human well-being and devastation for the natural world. But Continue Reading
“In politics, climate denial is the voice of tyranny, not democracy. ” — Gerald Kutney in : https://climatecrisisclub.org/blog/f/trump-20%E2%80%99s-climate-denial-the-first-100-days
All this, but I SURE DO WISH that we could (at LEAST) mention that we STILL have an Ecological Crisis which demands "we pull out all stops" if we want to prevent ADDITIONAL/WORSE untold suffering, and avoid sinking into an unrecoverable hole of runaway Ecological collapse ("Collapse" is from our human civilization perspective. Earth herself will not "collapse", but she Continue Reading
“Author Clare G. Coleman describes what Aboriginals do when they meet for the first time: they discuss family going back twenty generations or more to determine how they are associated and linked. From their point of view, what makes us human is how we are connected, not what we have. Davis considers languages in the way a biologist sees species Continue Reading
I’ve been thinking of the juxtaposition of Earth Day and Easter. First, how so many Christians talk about how so many people only “come to church” on Easter (aka “Once a year”, maybe throw in a Christmas Eve service). “Earth Day” just lends itself to the same abuse of THE ONE DAY being wholly insufficient as “action”, especially given the Continue Reading
My previous post on my concerns about Rachel Maddow's lack of attention to the Ecological Crisis has me thinking now also about how it has taken this manic, crazed attack of DOGE and Trump's "Executive Orders" to get people more activated for resistance. Where has this been regarding the Ecological Crisis which has been getting ignored and is constantly under Continue Reading
I've noticed for many years now that Rachel, for all her stellar and outspoken coverage on a wide range of topics of great importance, a rather stunning silence on the Ecological Crisis, even as the Crisis accelerates over the past 10 years. Now this. Pope Francis was CERTAINLY an advocate for the migrant. But, seriously, a eulogy on Francis without Continue Reading
I've been thinking of the juxtaposition of Earth Day and Easter. First, how so many Christians talk about how so many people only "come to church" on Easter (aka "Once a year", maybe throw in a Christmas Eve service). "Earth Day" just lends itself to the same abuse of THE ONE DAY being wholly insufficient as "action", especially given the Continue Reading
April 19, 1775, Battle of Lexington and Concord— 250 years ago. Another show of people force is needed tomorrow , this time without arms. Just democracy over tyranny. In Nashville and other cities, it looks like many of these are also taking place alongside Earth Day Celebrations , which falls on Tuesday this year. That's fine and appropriate. Earth over Continue Reading
Steering the country toward ecological disaster. But hey, they sure "owned the libs" didn't they? "Trump Executive Orders Seek to Boost U.S. Coal Production and Consumption" https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/10/headlines/trump\_executive\_orders\_seek\_to\_boost\_us\_coal\_production\_and\_consumption via @democracynow
My eco-connection to God is such that, I often feel far more "spiritually connected" to atheists who are fighting for Eco-justice and for urgent response to the world's Ecological Crisis, than I do to Christians who do NOT have any sense of urgency about the Crisis. That's very "Panentheistic" of me. Much of my experience of God is now closely Continue Reading
Why would we need a "New Heaven" (re: Revelation 21:1 passage: "I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth")? Maybe because "Heaven" is that "should be" or "as it was meant to be" realm that exists as ever present possibility alongside earthly realities. We are, perhaps, called to re-imagine our whole way of doing things, which will require a Continue Reading
There are rabbit-holes galore in the Biblical study of Creation. The Biblical narratives are incessant at keeping the significance of the Earth and Creation front and center: The Bible begins with the Creation Story that centers on the notion that God is Creator The Covenants are clearly conceived as agreements/promises/pledges from God to both Humanity and Creation. Sin is portrayed Continue Reading
On the "Religion is a Problem" meme: Many religious people are certainly problems, too many, but not all. "Religious" people CAN be a problem, except those of a HEALTHY religion. Just as "political" people can be, and yet we don't say that ALL politics need to be rejected. We, instead, should maintain an insistence that we do HEALTHY, COMPASSIONATE politics Continue Reading