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Arctic Warming and Polar Vortex
Disclaimer: I am in no way an expert on the polar vortex. This blog post represents what I have discovered as I’ve researched the subject, trying to understand how the extreme cold conditions we are experiencing now occurred. Actually, there … Continue reading
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1 Picture (Indy Art) : 1,000 Words
I recently wrote about this blog post: 1:1000, A Picture is Worth 1000 Words written by Julianna Whalen on her site, Streets and Streams. Her idea is to write 1,000 words about one photo. I experimented with that idea with this post … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, climate change, Ethical Transportation, Uncategorized
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Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion was started in the United Kingdom in 2018. Extinction Rebellion uses nonviolent civil disobedience to attract mainstream media attention on the need for dramatic changes to try to avoid human extinction from environmental chaos. This is another sign … Continue reading
1 photo : 1,000 words
In a recent post that was a photo gallery of some pictures I’ve taken this winter, I mentioned the phrase “a picture is worth 1,000 words”. The WordPress Reader provides links to related blog posts. One caught my attention: 1:1000, … Continue reading
Native Americans, ancestry and DNA
Opinion: Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Cherokee ancestry is a form of violence: Be it by the barrel of a carbine or a mail-order DNA test, the American spirit demands the disappearance of Indigenous people. BY KIM TALLBEAR, Indian Country Newsletter … Continue reading
Climate Chaos in Germany
Some of the consequences of climate change are occurring in Germany now. The level of the Rhine River is so low that river shipping is impossible many days. The water sources for the Rhine are not only rainfall, but vast … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement and Nonviolent Actions
No sooner had I published yesterday’s post about nonviolence than I was alerted to an action by the Sunrise Movement that was taking place at Senator Schumer’s office at the U.S. Capitol. Following is video from that event. Nonviolence is … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement embodies past climate justice demands
On Oct 24, 2010, over 8 years ago, Grist published an Open letter to 1Sky from the grassroots, written by Joshua Kahn Russell. I was asked to post the letter below, written by grassroots organizations across the United States (Grassroots … Continue reading
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The Trouble with the ‘Green New Deal’
“The Trouble with the ‘Green New Deal’. As Democrats rally around a fresh-sounding idea, some as looking back to Obama’s $90 billion climate package–and its disastrous political blowback.” by Michael Grunwald, POLITICO, January 15, 2019 It’s hard to recall a … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement: #ChangeTheDebate
I’ve been writing about the Sunrise Movement’s plans for 2019, summarized above, up to June when presidential candidate bird-dogging will become one focus. Bird-dogging is an election campaign strategy to get candidates to talk about the issues you care about. … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 