September_2017 Environmental Evolution newsletter
A biospheric take on hottest topic in biotech, CRISPR/Cas9, gene editing technology already being...
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RESILIENCE
I wrote this Chronicle about Resilience a few weeks ago. But, as I’m now posting it, the Chronicle seems especially relevant. Hurricane Harvey is decimating Houston and other parts of Texas. Our media are full of reports about the resilience of community folks helping one another to survive. It is this kind of physical and […]
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Beyond Stewardship
With the creation of Earth Day in the middle of the last century most environmental groups adopted the concept of Environmental Stewardship. It became their mission and purpose and we are indebted to them. But today we are much more aware that we are living in a climate changing world. With its irreversible transformations it […]
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Nature’s Artistic Narrative
Lowell Gustafson, “Nature’s Artistic Narrative.” Journal of Literature and Art Studies, October 2017, Vol. 7, No. 10, doi: 10.17265/2159-5836/2017.10.000 Many people have devoted their professional lives to translating and understanding the artistic narrative told by light, stones, bones, and blood. There is still much we do not understand about the epic saga told by nature […]
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We Are All Made of Stars (Simulation)
Simulations reveal that up to half the material in our galaxy arrived from smaller galactic neighbours, as a result of powerful supernova explosions.
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Chasing Coral
A 2017 Netflix documentary on “coral bleaching” or the die off of 25% of the...
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Chasing Ice
A 2014 documentary of the melting of the world’s glaciers, ice shelves and ice sheets using...
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Change of Life: How Lynn Margulis Revolutionized Evolution
Maria Theresa Stadtmueller interviews fellow DTJN member and evolutionary geographer James...
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Thomas Berry and an Earth Spirituality Out on the Edge
Most mainline Christian Churches are losing members, especially among the young. There is a perception that the churches are no longer relevant in the modern world. At the same time there is a search for more relevant new forms of spirituality both within and outside of the churches. There is an increasing interest in an […]
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World Jesuit Congress (2017): Evolving Universe Track
The World Jesuit Congress (2017) in Cleveland took place June 28 to July 2. An Evolving Universe...
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