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The Work
I don’t like to use so many quotations when writing, but James Allen’s essay, “Pontoon Archipelago or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Collapse” is the most coherent and insightful exploration about the unfolding environmental catastrophe we are … Continue reading
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The Future Now
I realize the future now doesn’t seem to make sense, since the future is what happens after the present. Another way of thinking about time comes from the title of the book “How Soon is Now?” by Daniel Pinchbeck. One … Continue reading
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Community is the Answer
What follows from the essay, “Pontoon Archipelago or: How I learned to stop worrying and love collapse” by James Allen about the importance of building community reminds me of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) “War is Not the … Continue reading
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Imagination and Vision
imagination: the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses. vision: a thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination We gain a vision of what our potential is … Continue reading
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Wicked Problems, Sensemaking and Community
Yesterday I wrote about sensemaking. sensemaking–the action or process of making sense of or giving meaning to something, especially new developments and experiences. At the collective level, a loss of sensemaking erodes shared cultural and value structures and renders us … Continue reading
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Sensemaking
A lifelong struggle for me has been the frustration that people don’t make the changes needed to address justice, peace, social and environmental problems. One of the most troubling, for example, is the direct connection between gas burning cars and … Continue reading
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Indigenous Led Green New Deal Public Photos
Helping bring about an Indigenous Led Green New Deal is my priority project now, for a number of reasons. I was surprised today when I did an internet search for information about that, and noticed one of my photos on … Continue reading
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Wicked Problems
A troubled Spirit of late had not given me words to share. Following are some notes along the way of trying to understand where we are today, and how we can move through an increasingly chaotic time. Whether or not … Continue reading
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Foxy Onefeather’s Photos
One of my friends who was on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March last September, Foxy Onefeather, just sent some of her photos, many from that March, and gave me permission to share them. One blog post from that March … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement Packs the Streets Outside the Detroit Democratic Debate
The Sunrise Movement, that I support, has been effective in drawing attention to the need for a Green New Deal. The sit-ins and arrests in Congressional offices last November resulted in Congress finally beginning to talk about climate change. On … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 