Category Archives: #NDAPL

Is this our last hope?

The future of life on Mother Earth hangs in the balance. I am convinced that too many tipping points have been reached and exceeded, each one leading further along the path to extinction. All of the environmental damage and climate … Continue reading

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Press Release–94 mile march against Dakota Access Pipeline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 28, 2:00 p.m.    Contact: Jeff Kisling, jakislin@outlook.com or (765) 631-8197 Christine Nobiss, (319) 499-8039 or cnobiss@gmail.com Ed Fallon, Bold Iowa, (515) 238-6404 or ed@boldiowa.com     Indianola man to join 94-mile march against Dakota … Continue reading

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As I March

As I march my soles ground me to Mother Earth, where all our souls connect. Searching for the immediate, infinite now where past and future meld in a brilliant circle. Seeking a path through the chaotic future, that presently I cannot see but step … Continue reading

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Violence/Nonviolence

Recently I’ve been reading and thinking more about violence and nonviolence. Reflecting on the recent first year anniversary of the white supremacy rally and deadly attacks in Charlottesville, North Carolina last year, I’m saddened to remember the violence on the … Continue reading

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Resist not evil today

I’m thinking more about what resist not evil means today. Yesterday’s post related to what Henry Cadbury said during the time of Hitler: “By hating Hitler and trying to fight back,” Cadbury said, “Jews are only increasing the severity of … Continue reading

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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

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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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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

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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

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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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