This section of Barnes and Noble for their books that address the Ecological Crisis is actually far better than a lot of bookstores. But still, an incredibly paltry amount**, especially compared to the section on “Current Issues”, as well as Government, Economics, and Science. Just one of the ways our attention is diverted elsewhere, into areas considered “relevant” in a Continue Reading
The Earth is the "Spiritual connector" between people who identify as a "person of faith" and those who identify as "atheist or agnostic". Many "people of faith", like me, and also like many indigenous people, recognize the holy in "our common home", the Earth. Some dogmatic theologians would label me "pantheistic". I usually correct them with "it is "panENtheistic"…difference between Continue Reading
It also would “help a lot” if the media, education, theological communities, and governments would get truly serious. It’s an even bigger ask now during all this chaos. But terminal conditions will not wait for our full and sufficient attention. They just keep coming, amidst whatever is happening. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/09/planet-dying-climate-crisis-emergency-scientists
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/2/headlines/trump\_administration\_cuts\_1\_billion\_in\_mental\_health\_grants\_to\_schools
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
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