Earth Day is approaching, and while I want to honor it, today I was sent a link to an article that suggests honoring Earth day would be a mistake.  The author, Bradley Doucet, repeats standard attacks from various kinds of right wingers on environmentalists.  There is nothing new here, but a lot we encounter all…

Nature poetry is important in helping us reconnect with the living earth, an experience even some Pagans have not personally experienced (yet). National Poetry Month is a fine time to reflect on this, and share some poems.   Our society relates to nature as a sociopath relates to others, and with as much justification. And…

Tonight, at 8:30 in whatever time zone they live, millions of people will be turning out their lights in a symbolic action pressing for worldwide change on energy and our relations with the More Then Human World. Sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, the Earth Hour website reports Earth Hour organizers have commitments from nearly…

Today I read “The Race to Save the Frogs” by Jennifer S. Holland in the April National Geographic.   Her article describes the horrendous impact the fungal disease chytrid  is having on the world’s amphibians, killing off entire species.  Holland quotes Lee Berger, who discovered the fungus, “The impact of chytridiomycosis on frogs is the most…

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