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EB Weekly: Revisiting integral ecology amid the heat wave and surging coronavirus
… Charity Bbalo, a Religious Sister of the Holy Spirit, describes how villagers are preserving trees by making charcoal from recycled paper and cardboard . In a new Small Earth Story, Sr. Bernadette Marine Ondus, SS.C.M. finds a bigger story in a couple of new trees planted on the grounds of her motherhouse . … Here's some of what else is new this week in …
Copy Desk Daily, July 16, 2020
… as a source of energy, as Charity Bbalo explains. A women's group, in an alternative effort to tree-cutting, is … preserving trees by making charcoal from paper litter … . Want to keep updated with the latest news from the …
Judge denies media request to unseal files on Saints owner
… view of what took place" in the case. "I think the news media is barking up the wrong tree," he said. It was not immediately clear whether the news organizations intended to appeal …
New trees for the motherhouse -- and what they might suggest
… have lived in Danville, PA for over 100 years, it is occasionally necessary to replace the trees that have died. Recently a couple donated two red maples, acer rubrum , which were planted … stream. A red maple has several characteristics that remind one of marriage. For instance, the tree has winged seeds in pairs. It has leaves with five to three lobes, scarlet and yellow in autumn, signifying variety. The tree can flourish in any type of soil, moist or dry as marriage must. In spring it has tiny red …
Black lives matter in the worshipping church
… jogging and in their beds. We die in agony as we ourselves are crucified, killed on the lynch trees. We weep, pray and sing in our homes, our churches, on marches, in jails, in schools and …
Ugandan climate activist: 'We are a climate generation and this is our fight'
… depends on seasonal rainfall. As kids, our after-school time was about hunting for fruit trees and running after cattle in the nearby bush. It was fun. But this has changed, the rainy …
The preferential option for the removal of statues
… in a fruit-metaphor change-up) and his decision to not "erase their names from [his] family tree." But here's the thing, no one is calling for an erasure of our collective social history. …
How to close the gap between public opinion and public policy on the climate crisis?
… favor a range of initiatives to reduce the impacts of climate change, including large-scale tree planting efforts, tax credits for businesses that capture carbon emissions and tougher fuel …
By no other name
… that his mission was to proclaim the coming of God’s judgment like an “axe to the root of the tree” and a “winnowing fan to separate wheat from chaff.” He had offered purification in the …
Reopening Pittsburgh parish looks to fight racism, unify congregation
… access. Parishioner Bill Taymans, 86, said he signed up to make calls for a parish phone tree. "I've called all the old folks, and now I'm calling the young ones, [saying] 'Send toilet …
Amid pandemic, Holland's 'hidden' churches have an especially poignant message
… or to walk — suddenly, we realize there is something amazing about the earth, the sky, the trees, other people in front of us, and buildings," he said. "Things we've gotten used to appear …
Collective action can save the world
… showing care for other living beings, using public transport or car-pooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices. All of these reflect a …
Shunning virus and Big Oil, Alaska tribe revives traditions
… River and a grassy expanse of tundra, rivals scenes in national parks. Over a sea of spruce trees, rocky outcroppings create a natural gateway into ANWR. "We call that place "Iixhik …
Fragments: Journal of the Plague Year 2020
… posture for young viewers This really IS a happy space … Day 35: … Garden sit: Meyer lemon tree heavy with fragrant fruit Gratitude, a bit of privileged discomfort Zoom: weird virtual …
A Catholic cry for Black Lives Matter
… the murder of George Floyd. As the late theologian James Cone wrote in The Cross the Lynching Tree : The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of …
Skid Row anointing in the City of Angels
… are broadcasting their usual come-to-Jesus sermon. Our soup kitchen dining garden, with trees and shade, fountains and flowers, with its casual convivial atmosphere, is closed. Gone is …
Catholic Workers confront the pandemic, see a 'respite for Mother Earth'
… has given his community the chance to do ecological restoration work on the land, planting 100 trees, working on erosion control, and starting an orchard. "I am concerned people may start …
Kansas City unity march held to bridge divide between police, protesters
… is nothing new for Noah Birch. He grew up in the South, where he saw a relative hung in a tree, and remembers the National Guard riding through the streets of Kansas City in 1968. Now a …
Black in America: I am tired
… experience be valued as more precious than gold? I can tell myself that "I got a right to the tree of life," but if that tree is protected by the police as being the property of someone else, is my song only a … the scapegoats cast out and sacrificed for the privilege of others. We all got a right to the tree of life. It may still be possible to avert the "fire [this] time." [Jesuit Fr. Joseph A. …
Archbishop says Floyd video 'gut wrenching,' urges respect for all people
… and face a hearing on murder charges. In the sermon, titled "The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery," Rev. Moss "speaks of racism as a virus that has infected the …