by Richard Louv | Feb 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
At first glance, nature, children and democracy may not seem related. But they are. To explain this relationship, let me start with a story. Over two decades ago, while doing research for a new book, I visited Southwood Elementary, the grade school I attended when I...
by Francis Moore Lappe | Feb 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Originally Published on Common Dreams, January 21, 2021 Celebrating the inauguration of a new president and an end to years of attacks on democracy is a perfect moment to probe together: What do we mean by democracy in the first place? Here’s where I start. Beyond our...
by David W. Orr | Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
This blog post first appeared on Common Dreams on January 15, 2021. After four years of presidential malice and incompetence, a Trump-incited insurrection, two impeachments, and a pandemic what else could go wrong? Many things actually. Just below nuclear war is the...
by Harlan Wilson | Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
David French, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore our Nation. NY: St Martin’s Press, 2020. Michael Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. As I write (November 22) the 2020 presidential election results,...
by David W. Orr | Nov 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
As the coronavirus sweeps across the world, we have good reason to ask why we were so unprepared. Why warnings were unheeded, scientists ignored, and the Centers for Disease Control underfunded. We should be asking the same kinds of questions about the climate crisis...
by Molly Orr | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
On a hot, sunny day this August, President Donald Trump’s motorcade arrived at the Whirlpool washing machine factory in Clyde, Ohio. It was the first time since 1912 that a sitting president had visited the county. Clyde residents guessed the route the President would...
