Tag: Fossil Fuels

As Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

January 21, 2025

Yesterday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for 2025 and Inauguration Day for Donald Trump for the second time. I accept these facts, their juxtaposition and paradox. All I know is that I am in control of myself, that I am called to something greater than myself, and that the climate action and ecological citizenship … More As Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

Kitzmiller v. Dover: A Trial Reveals a Plan to Transform American Life

November 28, 2024

This entry begins my journey back through what’s motivated me to explore “The Mindful Ecological Citizen.” In 2004, Tammy Kitzmiller and 10 other parents filed a lawsuit against the Dover School District for passing an “intelligent design” policy that called the Theory of Evolution into question. Covering the story for a small paper, I came … More Kitzmiller v. Dover: A Trial Reveals a Plan to Transform American Life

Democrats should be inspired and push forward from Standing Rock

December 5, 2016

This is a fantastic day. The Army has announced that it  “will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota.” As Bill McKibben writes in The Guardian, “Today’s news is a break in that long-running story, a new chapter” in the novel with too many scenes featuring … More Democrats should be inspired and push forward from Standing Rock