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QEW and First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
QEW is the abbreviation for Quaker Earthcare Witness. One of the things QEW does is publish the newsletter Befriending Creation. Following is a link to the latest issue which includes short stories Peter Clay and I wrote about our experiences … Continue reading
Bringing Moral Courage to American Politics
Is there finally hope for climate action (or any action) in Congress? “Bringing moral courage to American politics” is the title of this video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah on July 29, 2018, where … Continue reading
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The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’
I’ve been talking about climate change for so many years, most people are so tired of hearing it, they don’t pay attention anymore. There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain … Continue reading
Solar Thermal Fuel
It is critical to dramatically reduce fossil fuel use if there is to be any hope of avoiding runaway global heating. There have been advances in wind and solar energy technologies and rapidly increasing installations of solar panels and wind … Continue reading
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Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim
I am glad to have gotten to spend some time with Ed Fallon since I returned to Iowa last year. I went to Minneapolis last February on a trip he organized to take a group of water protectors to demonstrate … Continue reading
California Fires and Apathy
Note from Ed Fallon, Bold Iowa: The denial of the forest fire-climate change link is incredible, not just by Trump but by the mainstream press. Discussing it on my program today, FYI. 11:00 on my website: http://www.fallonforum.com. There aren’t words … Continue reading
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Federal Judge says #NoKXL
Yesterday Federal Judge Brian Morris ruled that TransCanada has not fulfilled the requirements to begin construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, and the company cannot do any work on the pipeline construction until it adequately completes the State Department’s supplement … Continue reading
Will we find the courage?
I try to avoid including too much of other’s writings in my blog posts, but Daniel Pinchbeck expresses what I’ve been trying to say about addressing our environmental catastrophe in ways that others might relate to better. If we don’t … Continue reading
Quakers, a “guarded” society, and environmental destruction
“Guarded” was the term used by early Quakers to express avoiding too much of an integration with the larger society they lived in. The term was usually applied to education. Quakers created their own schools to teach Quaker beliefs and … Continue reading
Pipe for Keystone XL Pipeline Arrives
According to Montana’s KRTV, pipe and materials to build the Keystone XL pipeline are beginning to arrive in Montana and South Dakota. “Glasgow Mayor Becky Erickson said the company told her they could expect 40 to 45 trucks carrying pipe … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 