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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 …
Fairy Stream women's shelter houses abandoned elderly
… and needy." The Fairy Stream women's center rests on seven and a half acres. Mango and durian trees dot the landscape. On the edge of the property Huong and the three other Dominicans on …
Church offers lessons for post-conflict development
… Collier. Such richness raises important ethical issues, he said. "Many more people care about trees than care about poverty," he said. "To an extent that's just fine, but there's a danger of …
Evidence of climate change in our own backyards
… people can relate to,” Primack says, “and using species that are familiar to people: apple trees, hummingbirds, ducks. It really brings home the message of global climate change.” …
Budgets & Morals
… But, I also see someone who is incapable of seeing the moral forest for the wonky trees. He needs a budget that not only begins to put the nation on a sound financial footing, he …
Holy altruism: An instinct for self-sacrifice is evident in animal evolution
… surprised a whippoorwill that was nesting on the ground in the midst of a grove of wild plum trees. Abandoning its lone nestling, the bird flew around us in circles, then landed on a nearby …
Nasruddin and his donkey: Tales of the holy fool
… clothes, and thus have the liberty to feel cold.” -- As Nasruddin rested under a tall walnut tree one day, he looked a few yards to his side and noticed a big watermelon growing on a thin … said, “Great God, please permit me to ask you this: Why is it that walnuts grow on big strong trees, while watermelons grow on think weak vines. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?” But at that very moment, a walnut fell from high on up in the tree and hit Nasrudin square on the head. “Ah!“ remarked Nasrudin. “I suppose Nature’s ways might …
The nine ecological virtues
… midst of a very different place. When you look out your window you will see different kinds of trees and flowers, birds, ground cover, even very different weather, from what I will see and …