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What if we stopped pretending?
A growing number of us believe we have done so much damage to Mother Earth that recovery of life as we know it is no longer possible. It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny the evolving environmental chaos. Except when … Continue reading
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What is your truth when it comes to the edge?
When you and your community can create its own shine there’s nothing beyond reach. Diop Adisa Hurricane Dorian’s devastation in the Bahamas is a visual testament to warnings of increasingly powerful storms as a result of warmer water and air … Continue reading
Floods Need Planned Retreat
Besides the utter devastation of the Bahamas, today we are seeing tragic images of U.S Atlantic coastal flooding from Hurricane Dorian. Flooding that will only become worse as water and air temperatures continue rise from increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. In … Continue reading
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Dorian’s Environmental Catastrophe and You
We are just receiving images from the horrific devastation of the Bahamas. A recent news segment showed a reporter in a wind tunnel at different wind speeds. That was a very graphic and useful thing to see. But they wouldn’t … Continue reading
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You’re Invited: Global Climate Strike
Iowa Climate Strike Start: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:00 AMLocation:Iowa State Capitol 007 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50023Host Contact Info: lydia.pesek@icloud.comRSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/iowa-climate-strike We feel a lot of adults haven’t quite understood that we young people won’t hold off … Continue reading
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Helplessly Hoping?
Watching the slow motion disaster of Hurricane Dorian, I am reminded of feeling similarly helpless as I watched Hurricane Katrina devastate New Orleans in 2005. Unfortunately Dorian seems to validate the assertion that we will see more powerful storms due … Continue reading
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Muddling along at sea
“Muddling along at sea” is the title of the final section of the essay I’ve been writing about for the past week, Pontoon Archipelago or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Collapse. by James Allen. This section is … Continue reading
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Wicked Problems
A troubled Spirit of late had not given me words to share. Following are some notes along the way of trying to understand where we are today, and how we can move through an increasingly chaotic time. Whether or not … Continue reading
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“War is War on Mother Earth”
I sometimes wonder why it takes so long to recognize something that has been in plain sight all along. This time, it is the link between war and climate change. I recently wrote about the U.S. military being that largest … Continue reading
Facing our crises
What follows is not anything you don’t already know. But I believe it is important to name the crises we are facing as the first step in beginning to deal with them. My intension is to write about some ways … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 