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Breaking: Federal Court Overrules Trump and Calls For Full Environmental Review of Keystone XL in Nebraska
Yesterday I wrote about the Keystone XL Pipeline resistance. Later in the day, Promise to Protect published this press release: “Lower Brule, SD — Today, a federal court ruled the State Department must conduct an environmental review of the Keystone … Continue reading
Keystone XL Pipeline Resistance Continues
You are encouraged to help resist the Keystone XL Pipeline by submitting your comments to the U.S. State Department before August 29th. Nationwide resistance to TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline began when the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), CREDO, and The Other … Continue reading
Quakers and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Some Friends and I have been involved in this year’s launch of the Poor People’s Campaign. I have been wondering about Quaker’s involvement in the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. I knew Quaker Bayard Rustin had been involved in the 1963 … Continue reading
New Queries – Sacred Questions
Many readers of this blog are probably familiar with the Quaker practice of contemplating answers to a set of written questions that we refer to as queries. While individuals can of course consider their answers to the queries, the usual … Continue reading
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Climate Migrants
I’ve been writing a lot about the millions of people who will be forced to move from their homes because of any one of a number of the effects of climate change. That includes fires, floods, destruction from high winds, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
Tagged Overground Railroad
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Press Release: First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
Those of us who plan to join the First Nation–Farmers Climate Unity March could really use your help to spread the word about the March and it’s purpose. The more people who are aware of the things we are trying … Continue reading
First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March Introduction
Here is the promo video for the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March: Landowners who had their property taken by force for the Dakota Access Pipeline have joined with the Iowa Sierra Club in a lawsuit against the Iowa Utilities Board … Continue reading
Two-eyed Seeing and our Environment
Unprecedented wildfires, deluges of rain, storm surges and flooding, melting ice, multi-year droughts and record high air and ocean temperatures, and rising concentrations of greenhouse gases show we are moving deeper into environmental chaos. Now people are realizing climate change … Continue reading
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How Friends Can Help the Climate March
I will be writing a lot about this year’s First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March, September 1 – 8, 2018, that I plan to be participating in. Here is the introduction from the Climate March website: Landowners who had … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate March, First Nations
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Vision
We gain a vision of what our potential is from our elders and from the Teachings of the Sacred Tree. By trying to live up to that vision and by trying to live like the people we admire, we grow … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
Tagged Inner Light, vision
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 