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By Carolyn Raffensperger “So we break the spell by loving ourselves and each other enough to tell the truth. Our own experience, as inhabitants of an endangered planet, gives us the authority and the authenticity to tell the truth about what we see and feel and know is happening to our world.” Joanna [...] By Nancy Myers Lots of news stories can tempt environmentalists to say “I told you so” because, unfortunately, our worst predictions tend to come true. Today’s biggest case in point is the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico but here are two more: 1. Fields planted with genetically modified crops are beginning to produce superweeds. [...] By Carolyn Raffensperger I’ve just discovered a secret about food and sustainable diets. I tasted a hint of this secret when I went to visit my mother on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the shores of Lake Superior, that mysterious, cold, dark sea, with its edge of northern woods and rock. Friends brought thimbleberry jam [...] By Carolyn Raffensperger In the past few weeks I’ve been listening to several debates about how we will feed nine billion humans when we reach that global number in 2050. A few weeks ago I spoke at the American Enterprise Institute’s workshop on pesticides and the precautionary principle where industry made the case that we had [...] By Nancy Myers The human future is up for grabs, a fifty-fifty proposition at best. I wonder if we are going to change our ways fast enough to make a difference? I’ve been on the edges of activism long enough (30 years) to know the limits of scaring people into change. Some people scare well; others shut [...] |
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