Category Archives: politics

A settling torch

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today is Malala Day, the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, the young woman shot in the head for defying the Taliban and daring to work for girls’ access to education. Tweet with the hashtag #StrongerThan to show support for girls’ education … Continue reading →

Posted in education, politics, spirituality | Tagged education, girls' education, inspiration, living with heart, Malala Yousafzai, nonviolence, peaceful change, peacefulness | 6 Comments

What’s the end of this story?

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I am not a collapsitarian. Yes, I firmly believe that industrial civilization has pointed its collective GPS straight toward the cliff. But I don’t write about collapse, and I don’t often talk about it. Why not? Because focusing on collapse … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged climate change, climate silence, collapse of civilization, community rights bills, fossil fuels, global warming, inequality, rights of nature, solar power | 12 Comments

A healthy environment is a human right

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s focus is human rights. Because we are so used to perceiving humans and nature as separate, it may not at first occur to us, when thinking about human rights, to look immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged Blog Action Day, environment, environmental health, human rights, liberty, life, pursuit of happiness, rights of nature | 4 Comments

The law of the ground is sharing

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

What does Thanksgiving have to do with an election? This year, a whole lot. The start of the season of sharing follows close on the heels of a season full of not-so-generous attitudes. I’m thinking of Mitt Romney’s sour note … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged Aboriginal, community, Deborah Bird Rose, ecological economics, election, Indigenous, interest, Joshua Farley, land-community, ownership, potlatch, property, redistribution, Ronald Trosper, sharing, sustainability, Thanksgiving, volunteering | 2 Comments

Brother Francis and Brother Mitt

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

The other day I passed a house with two icons in the yard. The contradiction between them was so glaring it pierced me. One was a statue of Saint Francis, or as he preferred to be called, Brother Francis. The … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged election, poverty, St. Francis, values | 3 Comments

A day at the Rio Earth Summit

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Note from Priscilla: This is my third post from Rio. Early light seeps through the gap in the blackout curtains in this little rental apartment two blocks from Ipanema Beach. The predawn lightning and thunder have moved on, and today, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, Indigenous, indigenous traditions, Rio Earth Summit, Rio+20, rivers, water | Comments Off

Making waves at Rio

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Note from Priscilla: This is the second of my posts from the Rio+20 Earth Summit. It was an art installation made by 1500 bodies—a huge painting on a canvas of silky sand at the Flamengo Beach in Rio next to … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged aerial art, indigenous traditions, People's Summit, Rio Earth Summit, Rio+20 | 1 Comment