Category Archives: climate refugees

DoubleSpeak

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

“DoubleSpeak”, a term coined by George Orwell in his futurist dystopian novel, 1984; language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses meaning to further an agenda, often by governments, corporations, marketers, or other power structures.  http://www.doublespeak.us/what-is-doublespeak/ We are subjected to the … Continue reading →

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The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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California Fires and Apathy

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

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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Materialism

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Fifty years ago Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, warned: “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. . . . We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Peoples Day

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Reparations refers to correcting past wrongs. Some of the greatest wrongs committed by the United States include the enslavement of Black people, the genocide, broken treaties and land theft of Native Americans, the internment of Japanese Americans, the separation of … Continue reading →

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Path to a 94 mile spirit quest

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I described the series of events that led to joining the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March that just concluded. I tried to explain how choices and actions leading up to this March were spiritually guided. I am grateful to … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Florence and Environmental Chaos

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

The massive hurricane Florence approaches the East coast today, with predictions of up to 40 inches of rainfall in some areas, and storm surges up to 13 feet, with flooding miles inland. Flooding will be both salt water flooding from … Continue reading →

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Climate Migrants

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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Vision

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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What is our response to environmental chaos?

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I imagine you have seen the shocking videos of the flooding of Ellicott City, MD. That is just the latest of a series of alarming environmental changes. The Bering Sea ice is at historic lows. Permafrost is melting and releasing … Continue reading →

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