Category: Protecting Mother Earth
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Iran is a Favored Nation
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m just hearing the news that the United States has attacked nuclear sites in Iran. In addition, Germany is positioning itself to join the fray. Unfortunately for these evil-doers, nature is coming into her own and these nations are out of step with her. By comparison with them, Iran is a favored…
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Ecological Conversion: Think in a New Way
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis is a summary of the first lecture in a six-part series by Fr Peter Knox SJ on lent and ecological conversion. Fr Knox wants us to leave these lectures feeling empowered to make a significant contribution in caring for our common home.
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DEiM25 Explains the Plight of European Farmers
Reading Time: 10 minutesWith European elections looming, far-right parties are exploiting the farmers’ protests. Therefore, it’s important to understand the issues affecting the farmers. In this panel discussion, DEiM25 explains the Plight of European Farmers.
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Laudato Si’ and Progressivism
Reading Time: 3 minutesOur environmental problems are the result of 200 years of industrialization. The philosophical and technological developments that enabled the Industrial Revolution were made possible by the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was not only independent of the Catholic Church, it opposed the authority of the Church. Therefore, the Church is in a unique position…
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Agricultural Policy and Food Security
Reading Time: 10 minutesOne of the reasons I supported Bernie Sanders for president was his support of family farms against the abuses of agribusiness. Agricultural policy and food security should be at the center of our plan for the future. This makes sense because we have a large and growing global population and dwindling resources. …
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Bolsonaro Challenges God to Oust Him
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJair Bolsonaro of Brazil is one of the men who have stepped up to bristle and bar their teeth at the new sane direction the world is heading. If saying outrageous things and playing the media were enough to make things go his way he would have already won, but now…
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Laudato Si’ and the Progressive Movement
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome people were surprised by Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’. However, the Catholic Church is the most obvious entity in European history to take up the cause of the environment. The progressive movement shares Pope Francis’s concern. We should make ourselves familiar with this document, discuss it, and build on it.
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The World Bank’s Bankrupt Policy Causes Conflict
Reading Time: 3 minutesMasses of humanity overrunning neighboring borders is not the kind of thing I had in mind when I said we should focus on supporting a growing population. My context was the justification of automation in agriculture with the need to feed a growing population. I was referring to an article in which…
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Agribusiness Meets Reality
Reading Time: 7 minutesI recently said that the words of those who criticize Laudato Si’ have no substance. Now I’ll try to be more specific. Laudato Si’ is a rebuke of current practices, including agribusiness, but it is not the only dissenting voice. In this post, agribusiness meets reality. My concerns about the environment are…