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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
Reality Check
When the world around you seems to be unraveling, what do you do? I see: An environmental crisis primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Even knowing that, Americans continue their widespread use of personal automobiles. Continue … Continue reading
7th Generation
Having written, once again, of my frustrations related to Quakers and the environment, more specifically about how Friends have not given up personal automobiles, I have to wonder if part of the problem is how I have been expressing this. … Continue reading
Quakers out of Sync with our Environment
Friends, I continue to be deeply concerned about the inconsistency between our testimonies of justice and care for each other and the Earth, and Friends’ continued participation in our fossil fuel centric society. I recently realized I had pretty much … Continue reading
From the climate change frontline as Trump becomes president
The British newspaper, The Guardian, has consistently been one of the best sources of journalism related to our environmental crisis. Today, on the Guardian website: “With climate sceptics moving into the White House, the Guardian is spending 24 hours focusing … Continue reading
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Economic Failure
At the root of our problems today is the failure of our economic system. The last century saw us convert from primarily a rural society to an urban, industrial one. We changed from living in small communities where we raised our own … Continue reading
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Rise Up Indy – Local Environmentalism
Over the past five or six years I have been truly blessed to have met, and gotten to know and become friends with so many different people in the Indianapolis activist community. I think of the expression, they “feed my … Continue reading
A Magical Day of Activism
Today was simply a magical day. Our local No Dakota Access Pipeline Indy group came together on the grounds of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, in the middle of downtown Indianapolis, for our second demonstration to support the … Continue reading
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An Epistle to Friends Concerning Environmental War
“It matters little what people say they believe when their actions are inconsistent with their words. Thus we Friends may say that we care for our environment, but as long as Friends continue to consume fossil fuels, our Peace and … Continue reading
Creative Resistance
We are literally in a life and death struggle against the fossil fuel industry. The industry’s global financial and political reach is massive, and infrastructure is everywhere. The industry has spent millions and millions of dollars to cover up the environmental … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 