As youth dedicate Fridays for Future in some places across the globe, other places are blown to smithereens. What’s wrong with this picture?
One Earth One Future
Rising from Gray
A Walk of a Lifetime
Chance Crossings
A River Flows Through Us
Making the Journey Easier for Others
Your Power, Your Vote
We are Linked to Nature for Life
Nature does wonders for us. Beyond providing the building blocks of life--our air, water, food, and shelter--Mother Nature offers us a bounty of other benefits. I tapped a few of them this week in honor of my 60th birthday…..As we face truths related to the Black Lives Matter Movement, I am aware of how privileged I am and how fortunate I was growing up….
Firefly Moments
A New Season to be Human
Dear Earth Day 1970 Activists and Lawmakers
What Makes a Good Citizen of Planet Earth?
With the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing as a backdrop this week, I’ve been contemplating what makes a good citizen of Planet Earth….
Life Support for Our Planet
The Unanswered Question
Forty nine years ago, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson put a call out to those concerned about protecting our environment. Over 20 million people answered his call on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. (Earth Day Network, https://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/.) That day in a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Senator Nelson asked: “Are we able? Yes. Are we willing? That’s the unanswered question.”
Finding Hope for Earth
On some dark days, I find myself in search of hope for Earth. You know, “the thing with feathers that perches in the soul” per poet Emily Dickinson. My college ornithology prof told me that he gave up his study of birds because it was too depressing to see the the future of so many bird species in trouble. My goodness, this was the chosen work of his life and he was giving up? Deeply admired, he was a walking encyclopedia on everything birds….
What If the Blood Moon Was Planet Earth Instead?
Let Kids Lead the Way This Year
Big Dipper Solstice
Difference-Makers in Life
“I just want to go home,” she said. “I just want to enjoy the days I have left at home.”
This was her wish in the hospital today. No more medical tests. No more attempts to push the limits of life and find another scientific miracle to extend it. No more pretending that there could be any other kind of ending to this story.
It was time to get back to the basics. To simplify. To make the most of each day. To spend her remaining time in as many quality moments as possible with family and friends. Peace….
