environment

For Earth Day...

shaktinah — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:26:58 -0700

Stop buying bottled water.

Something There Is That Does Not Love a Wall

shaktinah — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:46:10 -0700

When the first Emperor of China wanted to keep out the people to the North, he built a wall. It's estimated that the construction of the Great Wall of China took over one million lives and a vast amount of national resources. Ultimately the only thing the wall accomplished was to become a tourist attraction.

Thou Shalt Not Pollute

shaktinah — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:51:34 -0700

Coming fresh off the Ecumenical Advocacy Days conference, where I participated in the eco-justice track and was surrounded by Christians working for environmental justice, I am further heartened by the following two news items, both announced today.

Eco-justice II

shaktinah — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:15:03 -0700

As sometimes happens I double-booked myself. This morning, I was supposed to be attending the second full day of Ecumenical Advocacy Days. But I had to skip out of that because I had also committed myself to giving a sermon at the congregation of Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalists.

Eco-justice I

shaktinah — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:22:44 -0700

Today was the first full day of Ecumenical Advocacy Days, a conference for mainly Christian progressives to meet and advocate on pressing social issues. Even though I'm not Christian, I attended because of the eco-justice track.

the Governator

shaktinah — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:43:32 -0700

Three cheers for the Governator! The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has returned to his action hero roots fighting on behalf of Californians and the environment.

It's Our Move

shaktinah — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:43:31 -0700

The U.S. govt has been saying that we will not agree to binding restrictions on green house gas emissions to address global climate change until China does so too. Even tho we in the U.S. still generate five times more carbon emissions per capita than people in China, our govt had been arguing that it wasn't fair that China should get an "out" in the Kyoto Protocols.

Water, Water

shaktinah — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:51:46 -0700

Looking at the news these days, it feels like we are in the Apocalypse. And I'm not talking about Iraq and Darfur, I'm talking about California and Atlanta.

Global Climate Change Is a Peace Issue

shaktinah — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:53:58 -0700

Color me shocked and also tickled. As all of you probably know by now, the winner of the this years Nobel Prize for Peace was announced today and Al Gore won, along with the United Nations Panel on Climate Change. Ol' Al had been nominated for "putting climate change on the agenda."

Blowing Hot Air

shaktinah — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:24:04 -0700

When I logged on to the interweb Thursday morning and skimmed the news, I admit to being a bit stunned by the headline: "BUSH CALLS FOR GLOBAL EMISSIONS GOALS." Had the Universe shifted in my sleep?