Author Archives: Jeff Kisling

Peacebuilding presentation

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

There isn’t a lot of text, but here is what I presented at the annual meeting of the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center yesterday. https://docs.com/jeff-kisling/3889/peacebuilding

Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, Keystone Pledge of Resistance, Kheprw Institute, peace, Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Peace

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

There are a number of reason why I’ve been thinking about peace lately. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is facing severe financial problems.  As a result, the long term Iowa Peacebuilding program is being terminated, so available resources can … Continue reading →

Posted in Kheprw Institute, peace, Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Nazi Salutes

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

A photo of students in a German class at an Indianapolis High School giving the Nazi salute is horrible in so many ways. There are two different possible scenarios. One is that the students were ignorant of what that salute … Continue reading →

Posted in peace, revolution, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Meditation on Keystone

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

This was written by Jim Poyser, Executive Director of Earth Charter Indiana. https://sway.com/s/slO0QN7gEHCqdw47/embed

Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, Keystone Pledge of Resistance, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Call to Peacebuilding

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

September 2014 Peace has been a central concept of the faith and practice of Friends from our earliest days.  Unfortunately our country’s recent history has been a widening and deepening practice of violence, to the extent that we grow weary … Continue reading →

Posted in peace, Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Windmills old and new

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Traveling to Rocky Mountain National Park with my parents last fall, I began to capture as many photos of windmills as I could from the backseat of the car.  The telephoto lens was really helpful.  Traveling at 70 mph wasn’t. … Continue reading →

Posted in renewable energy, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Microsoft Office free online document storage

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Microsoft is offering everyone a place on the Internet to store an unlimited number of Microsoft Office documents.  The website is    docs.com   This is a free service from Microsoft. You can create named collections, then add any document that fits … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

BOOK release: Explore Sustainable Indiana

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

My friends at Sustainable Indiana 2016 have just published their book, “Explore Sustainable Indiana, Celebrating Hoosier Solutions to Our Climate Crisis”.  Order your copy here. Sustainable Indiana staff include John Gibson, Jim Poyser, Shannon Anderson, Judy Voss and Richard Clough.  … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, renewable energy, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Indy Mass Transit Win

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Last night the Indianapolis City Council finally approved a referendum to be placed on the ballot in November for approval of the proposed improvements in the IndyGo city bus system, and development of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, called … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Saudi Arabia as Canary?

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

You are probably familiar with the old practice of placing canaries in an area of a coal mine to indicate when the air is unfit to breath.  Since then that idea has been used to refer to things that indicate … Continue reading →

Posted in revolution, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment