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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Puerto Rico solar power
Although I don’t think the long term future of islands like Puerto Rico looks good because of rising sea levels and stronger hurricanes resulting from climate change, there is obviously a humanitarian crisis now. And it will probably be years … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, renewable energy, Uncategorized
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U.S. doesn’t care about endless war
I have been upset since reading this article: How We Learned Not To Care About America’s Wars, Sixteen years of autopilot wars, but who’s counting? by Andrew Bacevich. Published on the Common Dreams website. As a Quaker and someone who … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, climate change, Indigenous, integral nonviolence, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
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Reactions to Invitation to North Korea
As discussed here, Bear Creek Friends meeting wrote a letter to the Des Moines Register inviting another visit from a North Korean delegation to discuss agricultural practices. I was wondering what the reader comments would be. Following are what have … Continue reading
Help KI Win Funding for Food Coop
UPDATE: Click on the green arrow next to the Empowered to Serve box to go to voting for Community Food Initiative The Kheprw Institute (KI) youth empowerment community in Indianapolis that North Meadow Friends and I have been involved with … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized
Tagged food coop, Kheprw Institute
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Monteverde and Environmental Injustice
I was glad to receive this good news from Rick Juliusson from Monteverde Friends School in response to the recent blog post, Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm. “Thank you so much for your support, Jeff. We appreciate the … Continue reading
Monteverde and Iowa Quakers’ peace concerns
Yesterday I briefly described how Quakers decided to leave the U.S. and move to Costa Rica because of increasing militarism. At the same time (late 1940’s) that Eston and Marvin Rockwell and Wolf Guindon were imprisoned for resisting peacetime conscription … Continue reading
Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm
“Tropical Storm Nate created a state of emergency in Costa Rica and here in Monteverde. Cut off from the main town of Santa Elena by a washed out bridge, no electricity/internet/telephone, limited water and food supplies, and uncertainty about future … Continue reading
Building an environmental action movement
After venting my frustration about environmental inaction, I thought it could be helpful to hear about some of the ways you can get involved in fixing environmental problems. Following is the story of how I got involved with the Rainforest … Continue reading
Angry about climate change
I don’t often get angry, but I am so frustrated because even after this incredibly destructive year, most people in our country refuse to believe in climate change and how we are destroying our environment. Over 50 inches of rain … Continue reading
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US-Korea Exchanges Possible
Daniel Jasper, the Asia Public Education and Advocacy Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee has just published the article Opening More Channels in US-North Korea Relations, explaining that there are exceptions to the travel ban that still allow exchanges between the … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 