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SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT ALSO A CATALYST FOR RECONCILIATION

Throughout human history, we have seen the world’s religious traditions in perpetual conflict. Despite these conflicts, they still all seem to share a deep connection to the earth and a mutual concern about the many pressing environmental issues of our time. “Creation care,” a common term used by people of faith,  can possibly be [...]

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Dead Zones

WASHINGTON — Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, “dead zones” with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world’s oceans. “We have to realize that hypoxia is not a local problem,” said Robert J. Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. “It is a global problem and it has severe consequences [...]

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A “Stern” Report

The ‘Stern Report on the Economics of Climate Change’ was released on October 30, 2006 by Lord Nicholas Stern. Lord Stern is an academic and a British economist, who served as the senior vice-president and chief economist of the World Bank between 2000 and 2003. On July 16, 2005 he was asked by Gordon Brown, [...]

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Cultivating Disgust

What is it that makes people change their habits? I ask myself this as I contemplate environmentalism, and the drastic changes necessary in order to ensure the future of Planet Earth in the hands of human beings. I love the idea of social conscience and education, but when I think carefully about it, I find [...]

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Us and Dirt

While the world is much too full to have everyone live in the country—indeed, there are many in this world who don’t like to leave the city—I do believe that, in a conversation about humans’ relationship to their natural environment, we would be remiss if we skipped over the idea that, in order to feel [...]

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Stuff: Free and Green

In the spirit of my last blog which touched lightly upon the issue of too much stuff, I’d like to dedicate this one to cheap and easy ways to acquire what you need for less or nothing. Most of the techniques I’m about to suggest are: a. cheap for you, b. require little or no energy or materials to [...]

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