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Mike Bell wrote a new post, It's Not Climate Change, It's Everything Change 10 years, 10 months ago
This article gives a comprehensive overview of the climate change challenge and provides some alternatives from different countries/ It is well written with excellent photos
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 11 months ago
Ed, thanks for your comment. You’ve helped me by your focus on other life forms. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a while. There is a train of thought that says discussions go where they want to go so “go with the flow” and “don’t push the river.” We seem to have adopted this approach in this discussion. It started out with the qu…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 11 months ago
Duane and Davidson,Thanks for your response. Duane, as you might suspect knowing my background, I am very much in agreement with your response. You are correct in your observation that my interest is in learning how this discussion helps us deal with the Anthropocene and the threat of climate change. (I’ll say more about that below) Davidson I h…[Read more]
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Mike Bell posted a new activity comment 10 years, 11 months ago
Lajura,
Many thanks for your comments. I’m glad you enjoyed it. .
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Mike Bell posted a new activity comment 10 years, 11 months ago
Laura,
Thanks for this. I too am a new member and look forward to this new community of dedicated and concerned people. There will be a lot of controversy over the encyclical but to many of us it is a breath of fresh air. Francis is indeed the pope we have been waiting for. .
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Mike Bell replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 10 years, 11 months ago
I’ve read a number of responses to the question, “Is the universe a living system?” I found the question and some of the responses I managed to read very interesting. The question is very relevant in terms of science and religion/spirituality. I have some familiarity with potential religious implications, but I have no scientific background. The m…[Read more]
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Mike Bell posted a new activity comment 10 years, 11 months ago
Terri and Jane,
Thanks for your comments. I really do believe that Pope Francis has given us a new approach to climate change. The one additional thing we need is an awareness of a “clear and present danger.” For those of us living on the West Coast of Canada and the U.S. the combination of drought and forest fires may be the motivating…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic What do think about the PAPAL Encyclical and How Will You Use It? in the forum my forum new one 10 years, 11 months ago
I live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is one of the most beautiful places in Canada. For a number of years some friends and I have been fighting fossil fuel developments–coal mines, pipelines and huge fuel tankers down our coast . The need, of course, is to explain the link between fossil fuel projects and cli…[Read more]
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Mike Bell replied to the topic What do think about the PAPAL Encyclical and How Will You Use It? in the forum my forum new one 10 years, 11 months ago
I live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is one of the most beautiful places in Canada. For a number of years some friends and I have been fighting fossil fuel developments–coal mines, pipelines and huge fuel tankers down our coast . The need, of course, is to explain the link between fossil fuel projects and cli…[Read more]
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Mike Bell wrote a new post, Pope Francis' LAUDATO SI and the New Consciousness 10 years, 11 months ago
This article is a commentary on Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment: Laudato Si. It describes the unique nature of the encyclical, the challenge of developing a new consciousness in the face of climate c […]
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Love this article, Mike. Many thanks!
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I love your article, Mike. Many thanks!
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I love your article, Mike. Many thanks!
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Thanks for this … Great point that the Pope has written as a geologan not a theologian … And what would the world be like if more people saw them as one and the same
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Terri and Jane,
Thanks for your comments. I really do believe that Pope Francis has given us a new approach to climate change. The one additional thing we need is an awareness of a “clear and present danger.” For those of us living on the West Coast of Canada and the U.S. the combination of drought and forest fires may be the motivating force we need. Thomas Berry’s “Great Work” seems to mean that we must all become Anthropocene triage workers, We must seek resilience in our changing systems be dedicated to viable transitions–Mike
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Mike, as a new member to this community I treasure this intimate sharing of Thomas Berry. I can better understand him as a Shaman than as a theologian or geologian. Perhaps again because of the intimacy and grounding between human and earth.
About your article on the encyclical, I’m about to read it. I’ve been very moved by it and have read every word – no summaries! I look for responses to it from other faith groups. This even includes a Hindu response. How wonderful. Alliances may be forming. Let’s hope so.
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Laura,
Thanks for this. I too am a new member and look forward to this new community of dedicated and concerned people. There will be a lot of controversy over the encyclical but to many of us it is a breath of fresh air. Francis is indeed the pope we have been waiting for. .
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Dear Mike,
I just had a chance to sit quietly and read your commentary on the encyclical. Again I felt like you were, in part, giving us another “insiders” look at the Pope and his encyclical. I really liked the way you took us directly to the Popes “problem” of addressing climate change and that this 6th extinction is human caused. The rest just rolls beautifully through eons, your own local/indigenous experience, and the call for a new consciousness. Thomas Berry’s take on earth as “better self” might just be a next “favorite quote” for the profile page.To everyone, I’m so impressed and moved by the quality and heartfelt power of your work. I love that Jane’s “On Being a Bee” involved young people as co-producers. More and more I feel the importance of reaching out to young people. But, this isn’t for the usual “educational/informational” process, even at it’s most creative. There seems to be a sense of urgency to let them find each other – those who can connect to the earth and to each other in new community. This is my own aha moment which I’m sure you’ve all already had on this deep time journey..
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Lajura,
Many thanks for your comments. I’m glad you enjoyed it. .
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