An intimate portrait of a rural community’s work to undermine the military industrial complex, subvert capitalism, reclaim land, and bond faith communities together.
Emancipatory Spirituality
Theologies of Genocide and Earth Day Ethics
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Dr. Rev. Brooks Berndt provides a theological framework to rebut climate denialism.
Ecological Transformation
China’s Bold Energy Vision
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Jeffrey Sachs shares how China’s proposed energy initiative is a bold strategy fit for the scale of the most important challenge the world faces today.
Rethinking Religion
Animals Endowed With Rights
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Leonardo Boff asserts: “Whether one acknowledges the dignity of animals depends on that person’s paradigm (vision of the world and values).” Boff breaks down the two paradigms which we need to subvert in order to grow our ecological consciousness.
Spirituality
Healing Ourselves and the Earth
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Get insight into the spiritual healing that accompanies cover artist Orly Faya’s process of painting people in the world.
Environment
Ecological Civilization and the New Enlightenment
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In the era of a new Enlightenment, there must be new understanding of shared power and community to help our environment thrive.
Spirituality
The Magic of Emergence
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Highlighting the mystery of a new wholeness in community, text, organization or a piece of artwork.
Environment
The Real Homeland Security Threat
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Juan Cole argues that the real threat to homeland security isn’t “fringe radicals” in the Middle East but our own environmentally destructive habits.
Politics & Society
The Invisible Monster of Climate Change
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It’s all too easy to envision the disintegration of climate and democracy in John Feffer’s engrossing piece “A Fairy Tale from 2050” coming true in the very near future.
Other Voices
Global Population and the Insane Policy of US State Dept.
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In the wake of the U.S. State Department eliminating American contributions to the United Nations Population Fund, Mary Anne Mercer reminds us of the importance of family planning.
Other Voices
March for the Environment April 29
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Fight against climate change by joining us on April 22 in Washington DC for the #ClimateMarch.
Other Voices
The need for a low-carbon energy based economy won’t go away
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Jeffrey D. Sachs makes it clear why we need to switch to a low-fuel economy.
Israel/Palestine
Moving from Demographic Discord to Sustainability
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Alon Tal argues that of the many divisive issues that have been at the heart of historic tensions between Jewish and Arab Israelis, few have been as acrimonious as population growth.
Other Voices
Soaring Temperature of the Oceans
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Oliver Milman argues us that the soaring temperature of the oceans is the greatest hidden challenge of our generation.
Ecological Transformation
Stand Together or Starve Alone
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Food insecurity in the U.S. has increased since the beginning of the century. Mark Winne argues that to reverse this trend, food advocates need to collaborate.