#FridaysforFuture Uganda calls for"improve[d] climate change education in schools and ... grants specifically for young people to help their communities prepare for climate change and train them for careers in the renewable energy industry." npr.org/sections/goats… #SeeJudgeAct

Indigenous #climate activists navigate marginalization and tokenism at #COP26. npr.org/2021/11/09/105…

"#ClimateChange is not because of what we do. It's because of what the big countries did ... The big countries, they are talking, but my land is disappearing." esquire.com/news-politics/… #COP26

New report reveals that U.S. bishops have "diminished and distanced themselves from Church teaching" on #climatechange and statements by #PopeFrancis in #LaudatoSi. npr.org/2021/11/14/105… #CatholicChurch

Role playing musicians, dinosaurs, and fish; #pickachu imitators; and #flashmobs: #climateactivists creatively make their point at #COP26Glasgow.

"Every economic decision and institution must be judged in light of whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person." ~Economic Justice For All, 13 theguardian.com/environment/20… #OSHA #BigBeef #COVID19

Lies, spin, and #greenwashing: on the history of #BigOil's #climatechange strategies. theguardian.com/environment/20…

"The remote causes should be attacked, not the poor people who pay the consequences and are even used for political propaganda. ... Coordinated actions are needed." vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2… #PopeFrancis #solidarity

"Early on, I made a commitment to be a seeker on the path: a seeker after truth. I was determined to live a life in the spirit." ~#bellhooks, Teaching Community, 160. newyorker.com/culture/postsc…

New Pew Research Religion report on the shifting landscape of #religion in America: theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d… #Christianity #nones

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022).#EngagedBuddhism nytimes.com/2022/01/22/wor…

A religious revival is West Virginia raises old questions about the role of religion in public schools. npr.org/2022/02/09/107… FFRF #1stamendment #wallofseparation

#Fasting during Ramadan "creates an impetus of both gratitude and charity." npr.org/sections/pictu… #RamadanMubarak

A legal case in #Florida extends the notion of rights to include the natural world: "until the rightless thing receives its rights we cannot see it as anything but a thing for the use of 'us.'" newyorker.com/magazine/2022/… #LakeMaryJane

Americans use almost 4x as much energy needed for a healthy life: "we could nudge energy use downwards in a bunch of hyper-consuming countries and not just make a more equitable world, but perhaps make ourselves healthier and happier." npr.org/2022/04/12/109… #GreenEnergy

"We don't inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." ~Xiye Bastida npr.org/2022/04/22/109… #EarthDay2022 #GreenEnergy #ParisAgreement Sunrise Movement 🌅

#BlackoutPoetry McGrath Library. #poetrymonth

Spring #MaryGarden update @hilbertcollege: plants starting to wake from winter slumber; morale boosted by introduction of new friends: phlox, columbine, peonies, carnations, pansies, lilies. Let it grow.

Images of the #MaryGarden Hilbert College: June 6, 2021 and July 7, 2022. Seeds, compost, water, sun, time. Happy to learn that nature still works.

There's a #MaryGarden in there, honest.