Lost Generation
Posted in Politics, Social Justice on Jan 26th, 2009
Can we reverse it?
Category Archive for 'Social Justice'
When I was hungry, you fed me…
Posted in Climate Change Science, Food, High Horse, Social Justice on Jan 12th, 2009
In the coming decades, unchecked climate change will stress crops and livestock alike — especially in the world’s poorest regions — and that is expected to cause serious food shortages for half the world’s population, according to US researchers writing in the peer-reviewed journal Science. But while the world’s poor will suffer the most, Europe [...]
May All Be Fed
Posted in Ain't Easy Being Green, High Horse, Social Justice on Jan 6th, 2009
It’s funny. I learned more about ethics and social justice in a biology class than any dozen religious sermons that I can remember. Most people are surprised to learn — as I did during an undergraduate lecture — that we can take dramatic steps towards feeding the world’s poor, and it has little to do [...]
Four Graces
Posted in Social Justice, Spirit Moving on Dec 25th, 2008
Four graces for readers who are mindful of our many blessings. Buddhist The joys and pains of all beings are present in the gift of this food. Let us receive it in love and gratitude… And in mindfulness of our sisters and brothers among living beings of every kind who are hungry or homeless, sick [...]
You are the light of the world
Posted in Clean Technology, Social Justice on Dec 17th, 2008
One of the things that I like best about about the fight to slow climate change is that it is intimately tied to social justice and recognizes that we need to fight every bit as hard to eradicate poverty and diminish suffering in less fortunate areas of the world. And so stories like this one [...]