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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Alton’s Photos from First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
When some of us were fortunate to be able to get together in April for a reunion of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity Marchers, Alton and Foxy Onefeather mentioned they had photos from the March, and were willing to share … Continue reading
Save the Date
Some of you may have heard of, or participated in workshops related to the “Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples” project. Paula Palmer is the director of this, a project of the Indigenous Peoples Concerns committee of the Boulder Friends … Continue reading
May 2019 Student Climate Strike
Today a group of around 50 students from Des Moines, Iowa, schools gathered at the state capitol building, striking for climate change. A large number of the students spoke about how urgent climate change is, sharing stories of how this … Continue reading
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Iowa Youth Climate Strike May 3, 2019
I apologize for the late notice about tomorrow’s Iowa Youth Climate Strike, which will happen on the west side of the Iowa Capitol building on May 3rd from 10 am – 1 pm. Thanks to Roger Routh for producing the … Continue reading
Divest from Banks Funding Fossil Fuel
We are in the midst of climate chaos. 25 tornadoes yesterday, the continued massive flooding along the Missouri River, two powerful cyclones in Mozambique, record ice loss, and increasing carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air. The broken levee … Continue reading
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Destruction by Personal Automobiles
For the past several days I’ve been writing about Quakers and climate change. And for the past two days about something some of us in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) have referred to as “ethical transportation”, which is about ways we … Continue reading
Ethical Transportation Today
Yesterday’s post about Quakers and the rising climate movement included the “Ethical Transportation” Minute approved by Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Quakers in 2017 (see below). Friends (Quakers) in rural areas struggle with ways to reduce fossil fuel use because public … Continue reading
Quakerism and the rising climate justice movement
“Quakerism and the rising climate justice movement” is the title of an interesting article from the Quaker Faith in Action newsletter of Britain Yearly Meeting, April 2019. Climate justice has been on people’s minds this month thanks to the rising … Continue reading
The Other Side of Environmental Injustice
Yesterday I wrote about the current Republican administration’s environmental injustice, i.e. refusing to fund climate disaster relief for Puerto Rico, Pine Ridge, and other areas. As Julian Bear Runner, Oglala Sioux Tribal President asks: “Why does President Trump refuse to … Continue reading
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Pine Ridge and Puerto Rico
The video below from the Lakota People’s Law Project shows the disastrous effects of the Midwest flooding continue. The message from Julian Bear Runner, Oglala Sioux President, mentions the U.S. Congress went into recess without providing funding to help the … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 