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Cleaning out the mental refrigerator: Niebuhr, McKibben, and Band-Aids
I’ve been surveying the multitude of leftovers in the refrigerator of my mind. When was the last time this thing was cleaned out? Jeez. Prodded into further examination of my last post by subsequent emails, conversations, and readings, I’ve concluded … Continue reading
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Tagged 350.org, Aspen, Bill McKibben, climate change, environmentalism, Jessica Hobby Catto, multinationals, oil spill, Reinhold Niebuhr
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Still more on violence: there will be blood
The other day, I stopped my car to chat with neighbors (a frequent occurrence in our chatty neighborhood). We quickly got to the topic of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its spreading devastation. D. told me that he’d heard … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill McKibben, oil spill, San Francisco, Saul Griffith, The New Yorker, violence
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More on violence: a death in West Austin
Last Thursday got off to a grisly start in our West Austin neighborhood, bringing a stark reminder of the violence inherent in the way we humans live on the land. We usually attempt, more or less successfully, to keep this … Continue reading