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Earth Day and the Sacredness of the Earth
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Gus diZerega
I think Earth Day is a particularly important moment for contemplation and commitment by us Pagans. Often American Christian critics accuse us of “pantheism,” and in a important respect they are right. We do find the sacred, most of us, in the earth without reference to any transcendental spiritual force. In my mind there is…
The controversy over Pink Slime – and what it means.
By
Gus diZerega
The controversy over pink slime is helping educate Americans to the fact that corporations are as beneficial to agriculture as they are to politics. Tom Laskawy put it pithily: “What pink slime represents is an open admission by the food industry that it is hard-pressed to produce meat that won’t make you sick.” But the…
Bees, pesticides, and environmental ethics
By
Gus diZerega
For me, all our interactions with nature have an ethical component. None are purely with a insensate object to be used simply as a tool. For example, I buy organic not because it tastes better – although it can – but because we have to take care of the earth at least to some extent…
Exciting good news in energy production
By
Gus diZerega
Courtesy of Stephen Schwartz’s sleuthing, I have come across two articles that give us hope that we can solve our energy problems with contemporary technologies if only the parasites who own the government would get out of the way – or be gotten out of the way. Solar cell technology just took a GIANT step…
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