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\"Bright winds God walks down every single day'
… leaned in over the pool. The still waters reflected a small patch of sky above the encircling trees, and in the mirrored reflection I could see also the rocky, palisaded heights and high …
The Sierra Club's Michael Brune: United we stand for solutions
… of people to work in new jobs, right here in the U.S. The Blue-Green Alliance between "tree huggers" and "hard hats" is based on the recognition that those jobs are the key to both a …
'You're so heavenly minded, you're no earthly good'
… and Teeter creeks thinning the stands of white and black oak and hickory so that healthy trees could flourish. We would stop to eat our lunch on the ridgetop, reclining on the soft beds … and kinglets would forage around us, calling out to each other, in the dogwood and spicebush trees. In the 1990s the monastery signed its forest acreage up in a federal timber stand … one of their over-eager brothers, armed with a chainsaw, who would, instead of thinning the tree groves, thoroughly decimate them. He would take out most of the trees in a stand, cutting …
The Palestinian struggle for justice
… then it was destroyed. We saw Palestinian demonstrators chain themselves to fences, walls and trees, and get arrested and dragged away. We cringed at footage of Israeli bulldozers destroying dozens of olive trees, all over a thousand years old. In recent years, they have destroyed nearly 1,000 olive trees owned by local farmers. Once, villagers painted themselves blue, to resemble the indigenous …
The river of grace found in silence
… by restless activity or noise -- is more than enough for our evolutionary elders, the rocks, trees, and sunshine. I’m not sure how I came to love silence so much. Perhaps from a lot of …
Leonardo Boff: Enact a law of socio-environmental responsibility
… is something external, for our use. We are irresponsible with nature, when we cut down the trees, when we spread thousands of millions of litters of pesticides on the soil, when we …
Church aids Peru's indigenous communities in illegal mining fight
… aid and development agency, has monitored water quality in mining camps and is promoting tree farming as an alternative. It also published an economic and social study of mining in the …
Obama Admin Drops DOMA Defense
… and which to ignore. One thing is sure - the blogosphere will be lit up like a Christmas tree on this one. …
The wisdom of Robert Lax: 'Cultivate, exercise compassion'
… there in front of you, to let what you see sink in. When you look at a flower opening or a tree moving with the wind, you just relax and take it all in. Try and see everything like that, …
Remedying nature deficit disorder
… peaceful, balanced and restorative. The beauty of a cloud-tinged sky or a stalwart, steady tree can push out the staleness of life cramped within four walls. It’s simply hard to feel bad …