-
Join 349 other subscribers
Archives
Search
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Is Jonathan Franzen wrong?
There has been a lot of criticism of Jonathan Franzen’s recent article in the New Yorker, “What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
3 Comments
Taking the Second Path
I’ve been studying an article that is labeled a Cultural Comment, written by Jonathan Franzen that was just published in The New Yorker. The title and subtext is “What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? The … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, peace, Quaker, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
I wonder what might happen if, instead of denying reality, we told ourselves the truth
The utter destruction of the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian may finally convince many of the most intractable climate skeptics. Many people are still in denial (written in 2017) about the severity of the problem of global warming, the accumulation of … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Uncategorized
2 Comments
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
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Sculpture Park 10th Anniversary
As part of the 10th Anniversary of the Sculpture Garden in downtown Des Moines, people were invited to submit one piece of art. Those selected were displayed at the Sculpture Park this afternoon. https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/pappajohn-sculpture-park I was having trouble deciding which … Continue reading
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
Do You Practice Hope?
Do you practice hope? To practice hope is to face hard truths, harder truths than you can face without the practice of hope. You can’t navigate dark places without a light, and hope is that light for humanity’s dark places. … 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
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
1 Comment
Still Shinin: The Documentary
I’ve written a great deal about the Kheprw Institute (KI), who has partnered with North Meadow Circle of Friends on the AFSC program, Quaker Social Change Ministry. In this article that was published in NUVO magazine, Diop Adisa talks about … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Black Lives, Kheprw Institute, Quaker, Quaker Social Change Ministry, race, Uncategorized
Tagged Diop Adisa
Leave a comment
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
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Quakers, social justice and revolution 