by Nelson Bailey | Nov 2, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
President Obama today said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is being built near the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s reservation in North Dakota. “We’re monitoring this closely,” Obama said in an interview...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 1, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Fracking, Spiritual Ecology
| US news | The Guardian More than 1 million people have checked in on Facebook to the Standing Rock Indian reservation in response to a viral post claiming that doing so would help protect activists in North Dakota protesting against an oil pipeline from police...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Events, Spiritual Ecology
Dear Friends, Rev. Fletcher of GreenFaith will be leading a session on 2017 DC Climate March mobilization at a venue near Yogaville community this coming Saturday, October 29, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Please note the optional activities starting with noon meditation at...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Posted: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT Updated: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 18, 2016 | Spiritual Ecology, Sustainability
It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there is the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which surely will surprise us, and hope is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 2, 2015 | Climate Change, Events, Spiritual Ecology
“Pope Francis, We Heard Your Call for a Conversation, Let’s Talk Climate Justice” Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 Where: The National Mall – Between 4th & 7th Streets, NW, Washington, DC Join Wild Virginia, the Virginia Sierra Club, and other regional...