In the years during and after wars, including WWI, WWII, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War, Friends were concerned and involved in work for peace. But more recently with the nebulous war on terror, with military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, … Continue reading
A number of books have been published recently, each speaking about environmental catastrophe with greater urgency and depth. I’ve just begun to read The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells. It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of … Continue reading
Yesterday I wrote about the ongoing climate disaster in the Midwest. This has shown my idea of an overground railroad is not going to work. Some time ago I began to think of the possibility of an “overground railroad” to … Continue reading
Although I’ve been studying climate science most of my life, one of the scariest things about climate change are the unexpected problems that continue to appear. I was surprised by polar vortexes, which seem to becoming an annual occurrence. I … Continue reading
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Yesterday I described the series of events that led to joining the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March that just concluded. I tried to explain how choices and actions leading up to this…
One of the primary reasons I felt led to be part of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March was to learn more about Native Americans, and especially their spiritual beliefs and practices. It is not my place to try to … Continue reading
The Sunrise Movement has suddenly made climate change a positive, mainstream conversation! The following link is go a video describing all the ways California is already implementing a Green New Deal. //players.brightcove.net/293884104/SJa0Thl7_default/index.html?videoId=6016299036001 When a group of more than 20 protesters … Continue reading
The Promise to Protect is a commitment to resist fossil fuels where you live and prepare to take creative action along the Keystone XL pipeline route when called upon by Indigenous leaders. With millions of dollars being poured into fossil … Continue reading
From the Lakota Peoples Law Project: In the wake of the movement at Standing Rock, Big Oil has not slowed its efforts to push pipelines through our Native nations. And now, as the battle over Keystone XL brews in South … Continue reading
One of the friends I made during the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March is Matthew Lone Bear. I began to get to know him the first day of the march. We often found ourselves in the same position as he … Continue reading
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