Tag Archives: environmental justice

Why Stopping the Pipeline is So Important

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I am so grateful to those who are standing up against the Dakota Access (DAPL)/Bakken Pipeline.  I am also very disappointed that more people are not. I understand there are so many things to be concerned about these days.  And … Continue reading →

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Sacred Water

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Once again Native Americans are on the front lines, trying to save our water from the greed of  the fossil fuel industry. We are trying to find ways, perhaps via the Keystone Pledge of Resistance and/or Quaker Social Change Ministry … Continue reading →

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Rev William Barber’s DNC Speech

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I’m so grateful that I was able to attend the MPOLIS Summit (Moral Political Organizing Leadership Institute) Wednesday, with Dr. Rev. William Barber, and will write more about that soon. But as I listened to him then, I was reminded … Continue reading →

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Black Farmers

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

When I’ve  discussed the idea  Scattergood Friends School and Farm as a community that must include people who are not white, white people sometimes question whether people of color would even want to live and work on a farm. I … Continue reading →

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Progressives lose

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

One of many things that I fear about a Trump Presidency is that he is all in with being all in with all forms of fossil fuel development, and only believes in global warming when it is related to his business interests … Continue reading →

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Clinton utterly fails environment

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

How is it possible that the Clinton campaign utterly fails to address the greatest threat we face?  If way opens for Bernie to be on any ballot this fall, I’m voting for him. The alternative is the Green Party.  http://www.gp.org/  … Continue reading →

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Meditation on Keystone

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

This was written by Jim Poyser, Executive Director of Earth Charter Indiana. https://sway.com/s/slO0QN7gEHCqdw47/embed

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BOOK release: Explore Sustainable Indiana

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

My friends at Sustainable Indiana 2016 have just published their book, “Explore Sustainable Indiana, Celebrating Hoosier Solutions to Our Climate Crisis”.  Order your copy here. Sustainable Indiana staff include John Gibson, Jim Poyser, Shannon Anderson, Judy Voss and Richard Clough.  … Continue reading →

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Indy Mass Transit Win

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Last night the Indianapolis City Council finally approved a referendum to be placed on the ballot in November for approval of the proposed improvements in the IndyGo city bus system, and development of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, called … Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia as Canary?

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

You are probably familiar with the old practice of placing canaries in an area of a coal mine to indicate when the air is unfit to breath.  Since then that idea has been used to refer to things that indicate … Continue reading →

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