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The rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún
They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what the world “leaders” failed to accomplish last December at the UN meeting in Copenhagen, … Continue reading
Posted in nature, politics, spirituality
Tagged animism, Cancun, climate change, Cochabamba, COP16, indigenous traditions, Rights of Mother Earth, rights of nature
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Kiss the ground
This Thanksgiving weekend is a good time to thank the Earth for providing all our food. Because the trees, the plants, the crops are listening . . . Emigdio Ballon, a Quechua man from Bolivia, is an agronomist and plant … Continue reading
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Tagged animism, biodiversity, bioregional animism, indigenous traditions, organic
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A splendor of native grasses
I’ve fallen in love all over again with the native grasses of the prairie. Four autumns in Colorado, and every year I think they must be getting more stunning.
Posted in nature
Tagged big bluestem grass, blue grama grass, grasses, native grasses, native plants, tallgrass prairie
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More about online comments from ONA10
At the Online News Association meeting in DC over the weekend, one of the early sessions, hosted by Alicia Shepard of NPR, was “No Comment: Rethinking Online Commentary.” No surprise—news sites everywhere are grappling with the climate of vicious comments … Continue reading →