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Quaker Biker
As I wrote yesterday, I’m beginning to work on plans to promote bicycling. Since links to this blog appear in several places, many readers don’t know me, so here is a brief history. When I arrived in Indianapolis in 1971, … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, bicycles, climate change, integral nonviolence, Keystone Pledge of Resistance, Quaker Meetings, revolution, Uncategorized
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Not Nearly Enough
We are not doing nearly enough to address our unfolding environmental disaster. As Ethan Hughes (Possibility Alliance) has written: If we glance forward just 30 years, our future outlook is shocking and unbelievable. The United Nations estimates that, due to … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, Kheprw Institute, Uncategorized
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Profits and Politics Trump the Earth
Although the Paris Climate accord did not go nearly far enough, it was at least an acknowledgement by many nations of our environmental crisis. The Republican administration’s decision to begin to withdraw from the agreement was more a demonstration of lack … Continue reading
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Peace and Social Concerns
Quakers believe their faith calls them to action, to address issues related to peace and social injustices. Readers of this blog know of many of the things I’ve been involved with over the past several years, including the Keystone Pledge … Continue reading
Last Revolutionary Act
Although living without a car has involved fundamental lifestyle changes, and daily (what many would consider) inconveniences, I’ve always been aware that wasn’t nearly enough. Those living in the United States consume energy and materials at a rate many times … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged cars, Gandhi, Iceberg, nonviolence
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100 Days
As the political world focuses on what the new Republican administration has and has not accomplished in its first 100 days, I’m reposting something I wrote last May, during the primary election season, as my own benchmark. There were a … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, Black Lives, climate change, Indiana Moral Mondays, race, Uncategorized
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Silence and Icebergs
I have been carrying a deep, spiritual hurt since learning about, and writing about the scope, depth and complexity of the propaganda machines being used and further developed today. To learn of the extremes to which many are willing to … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, climate change, Indigenous, Kheprw Institute, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
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When silence is not an option
On the 49th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fusion Films is re-broadcasting the powerful sermon delivered just two days ago by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II at the historic Riverside Church in New York … Continue reading
Rapid Environmental Changes Coming
It seems the more deeply one is involved in studying environmental changes, the more one is alarmed to realize the extent and speed with which the damages are going to be coming. We know that climate prediction models have consistently, significantly … Continue reading
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War on the Environment
The Trump Republican administration is beginning to try to implement its war on the environment, signing another Executive Order to role back the Clean Power Plan. The Republicans claim that is necessary to save 77,000 coal mining jobs. That is … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 