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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Working for the Iran Deal 2015
Increasing tensions with Iran now remind me of the work we did in 2015 to get the Iran Nuclear Deal approved. Tensions today are the direct result of the withdrawal of the United States from that deal. The work began … Continue reading
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Tagged FCNL, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Iran
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Youth Led Movement
“We have not come here to beg world leaders to care, you have ignored us in the past and you will ignore us again. We have run out of excuses and we are running out of time. We have come … Continue reading
Iowa and Global Climate Strike
Having written a lot recently about choosing between continuing to fight for climate change or, instead, preparing for the climate chaos that we’ll continue to experience, I’m a little ambivalent about things like this climate strike. Global strikes like these … Continue reading
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White and Privileged Climate Movement
I’ve taken advantage of every opportunity to build relationships with Indigenous Peoples for several reasons. The primary being white supremacist, capitalistic cultures have raped Mother Earth for centuries and brought us to the brink of our own extinction. Indigenous peoples … Continue reading
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Iowa Young Friends’ Giving Voice Epistle
As I read with great joy and gratitude the following “giving voice” epistle of the Young Friends of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) this year, I wanted to share it with those beyond our yearly meeting who would not see it … Continue reading
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House of Cards
As I’ve been thinking and writing about environmental catastrophe, and seeing that unfolding now, most recently with the total destruction of the Bahamas, I keep seeing a vision of our communities as houses of cards. I think most of us … Continue reading
Is Jonathan Franzen wrong?
There has been a lot of criticism of Jonathan Franzen’s recent article in the New Yorker, “What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit … Continue reading
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Taking the Second Path
I’ve been studying an article that is labeled a Cultural Comment, written by Jonathan Franzen that was just published in The New Yorker. The title and subtext is “What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? The … Continue reading
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I wonder what might happen if, instead of denying reality, we told ourselves the truth
The utter destruction of the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian may finally convince many of the most intractable climate skeptics. Many people are still in denial (written in 2017) about the severity of the problem of global warming, the accumulation of … Continue reading
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What if we stopped pretending?
A growing number of us believe we have done so much damage to Mother Earth that recovery of life as we know it is no longer possible. It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny the evolving environmental chaos. Except when … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 