Category Archives: First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Water and Attaining Peace

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

One of the many benefits from participating on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March was making friends with Native Americans as we walked together. My life experiences as a Quaker have taught me our lives can, and should, be guided … Continue reading →

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Urgent Message from Keeper of Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

For years now I’ve been writing about why a spiritual approach is required to address our evolving environmental disaster. As environmentalist Gus Speth says, “I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. … 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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We Need Courage, Not Hope, To Face Climate Change

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I hope you have had an intense experience that changed you so much you had trouble returning, or could not return to what had been your routine. A life changing experience. I have been blessed to have had a number … Continue reading →

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Unknowing

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I like this concept, Unknowing. I am glad a friend told me about Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation from the Center for Action and Contemplation. The following by Karen Armstrong appeared in contemplations about Unknowing. Our scientifically oriented knowledge seeks to … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

The First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March involved a group of about thirty native and non-native people walking, eating, and camping together for 8 days. We walked 94 miles from Des Moines to Fort Dodge Iowa, along the route of the … Continue reading →

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Final Day of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Eighth day.  September 8, 2018.  Walk 12.4 miles from Otho to the end of the march at Fort Dodge, Iowa. It was cold when we awoke this morning at 6:00 a.m. and broke camp in the dark. I didn’t want … Continue reading →

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Seventh Day of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Day 7, September 7, 2018.    11.7 miles from Dayton to Otho, Iowa. Yesterday evening the solar panel unit was set up because there wasn’t any electricity available in the park. It was cool when we broke camp, but a … Continue reading →

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Sixth Day of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Day 6. September 6, 2018.  9 miles from Pilot Mound to Oak Park in Dayton, Iowa. Day 6 of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March began with another awesome breakfast by Lyssa Wade. As we were waiting to start walking … Continue reading →

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Fifth Day of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Day 5. September 5, 2018.  14 miles from the Boone County Fairgrounds to Pilot Mound, Iowa. Once again I was pleasantly surprised to awaken feeling fairly refreshed, despite being pretty tired at the end of yesterday’s 15 miles, and staying … Continue reading →

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