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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Hot, Dry Summer Forecast 2016
Yesterday I wrote about the massive fire at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. A hot(temperatures 30 degrees above normal last week), dry winter and spring created conditions that caused the fire to spread so far, so quickly. A number of times … Continue reading
Tar Sands Retribution
I’ve been thinking a lot about the huge fire at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Those of us who have been involved in the Keystone Pledge of Resistance are very familiar with this city, whose population exploded with the development and … Continue reading
Weekly Peace Vigil
Every Friday 4:30-5:30 pm, a few people gather for the peace vigil in front of the Federal Building in the 500 block of N. Pennsylvania St, downtown Indianapolis. Gilbert Kuhn, from North Meadow Friends, and Debbie Peddie are the regulars, having … Continue reading
Blogging
A little over a year ago I began writing on this blog. That was mainly in response to complaints that I was sending too much email, and I was. Around this same time I was introduced (via email) to Derek Glass, … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Derek Glass, Jeff Kisling, Quaker, Sustainability Scout
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Feeling the Bern in Indiana
Bernie wins the Indiana Democratic primary, 2016!!! On to the convention and the nomination.
Foggy Morning
Primary election day, Indiana. I appreciate my friend Katie Glass mentioning my writing about participating by voting on her Facebook page. Further encouragement for me to vote myself (as I did at 6 this morning, and saw Evalyn from our … Continue reading
If You Only Knew
I have been trying to find ways to share what I have been experiencing lately in Indianapolis with my Quaker friends in Iowa. This is my latest attempt. A really powerful book that I’ve started to read that does the … Continue reading
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Scattergood and the Vietnam War
by Jeff Kisling Don Laughlin and Roy Knight signed the Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription. IMPORTANT NOTE: Below I include some quotations from the Journal I kept at the time. It was not correct when I wrote “I knew neither of … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Uncategorized
Tagged conscription, Don Laughlin, draft resistance, Roy Knight, Scattergood, Vietnam War
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Do You Care?
Earth Day, 2016, is today. While on the one hand it is discouraging to think of one day a year people give a thought to the earth. On the other hand, any way to draw attention to our environmental crisis … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, renewable energy, Uncategorized
Tagged climate crisis, mobilization, renewable energy
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 