Deeptime Network | Mike Bell | Activity https://dtnetwork.org/our-members/mikebell/activity/ Activity feed for Mike Bell. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:41:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 ee0ba99ce34805458986ca96420f8469 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Going Down the Off-Ramp https://dtnetwork.org/?p=261036 Sun, 22 May 2022 22:57:29 -0400 In our climate changing world  we need to make some significant changes.  The  title of this article suggests that we are moving in the wrong direction.  We are making things worse. We need an “off ramp”–a way […]

]]> 0 1c91cd6168b125cf2f230ccf15be4487 Mike Bell posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/please-welcome-mohit-sharma/#comment-70663 Thu, 05 May 2022 10:49:51 -0400 Hi Mohit,

Glad to have you with us. You do great work. Thanks. I’m so incompetent with technology that you will be spending a great deal of time straightening me out. Sorry about that. .I’m grateful.

Mike

In reply to - Jennifer Morgan wrote a new post, Please Welcome Mohit Sharma, Our New Developer Mohit has been developing the new site for the past nine months. He’s a PHP developer in Punjab India. Thanks a million Mohit for […] ]]> 2515fa40f24ff75373acb345f0293656 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Spirituality and Religion in a Climate Changing World. https://dtnetwork.org/?p=259459 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:49:27 -0500 This is  a story about how we might redefine our spirituality and Religion in a climate changing world.  It describes how Spirituality should dominate Religion.  Unfortunately over the years religion has do […]

]]> 0 738398a98519b3756bf100756924e593 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Baptism of Fire https://dtnetwork.org/?p=257873 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:29:29 -0500 In my twenty-eight years living and working in Inuit and Dene communities in the Canadian Arctic I had many unusual experiences.  But this story is the one I will always remember.   I was driving from Ye […]

]]> 0 e866949ae63b304bb5a79c5d86390417 Mike Bell wrote a new post, A Climate Change Practicum https://dtnetwork.org/?p=257474 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:20:48 -0400 Many professions have practicums.  These are periods of study and work that  that are designed is to prepare students for the challenges they will  face when they graduate. In this chronicle I’m  suggesting we hav […]

]]> 0 fd3c97aa481a7dbeecb38260f888f9e3 Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Power Of Story https://dtnetwork.org/?p=256678 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:22:38 -0400 This chronicle is about the Power of Stories and is divided into three parts.  It begins with stories I have heard working for almost three decades in Inuit and Dene (First Nation) communities in the Canadian […]

]]> 0 bfc268695d032abb4f9d908d342cba9d Mike Bell wrote a new post, TOWARD A CLIMATE CHANGE CULTURE https://dtnetwork.org/?p=255214 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:22:39 -0400 This blog is about the need for a climate change culture and the steps we must take to develop one

]]> 0 3391d28547762b47fb5f3eb6305d144f Mike Bell wrote a new post, Why We Need An Earth Jurisprudence https://dtnetwork.org/?p=254344 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:48:39 -0400 We are In the midst of  climate changing world.     We need a new and very different approach.  This chronicle is based upon an Earth Jurisprudence.  It talks about the Laws of Nature instead of human laws tryin […]

]]> 0 589c928d68e3df4700cc42ae62e7fa8f Mike Bell wrote a new post, Surviving In A World of Pandemics and Climate Change https://dtnetwork.org/?p=253514 Thu, 20 May 2021 20:33:21 -0400 If  we want to deal with the pandemic and climate change we have to start at the community level and work  up.  This is  the personal story  of a Canadian, Michael Clague.  He is  an expert in community develo […]

]]> 0 c7fd74627f19463d25ca5980ba7dc06b Mike Bell wrote a new post, About an excellent article on climate change https://dtnetwork.org/?p=252972 Tue, 04 May 2021 09:40:34 -0400 In the past four years writing on climate change I’ve published many articles.  But I’ve been looking for an article or book that sums up what we have to do.  I’ve found one.  It is entitled “The Future We Ch […]

]]> 0 28bcc1fc4382268a00c21e109120c735 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Systems Thinking for a Climate Changing World. https://dtnetwork.org/?p=252202 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:14:45 -0400 We live in a radically climate changing world.  Our problems are  caused by our systems, particularly our economic systems.  We can’t fix  the systems.  We need a new way of learning to develop new systems that […]

]]> 0 0402cee640ff8590b74cbe9cf281019a Mike Bell wrote a new post, Making Room for a New World https://dtnetwork.org/?p=251370 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:51:31 -0500 This blog starts with an awareness that we are living in a changing world. We are facing   a pandemic and  climate changing world We have to deal with the world we live in and begin to develop a different kind of […]

]]> 0 b084881cfe0ce6caea9d088c74db7f9f Mike Bell wrote a new post, A Religious System in a Changing World https://dtnetwork.org/?p=250599 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:33:23 -0500 This blog is about the struggles of the Catholic Church to adapt to a changing world down through the ages. The focus is on church not as a religion but, rather, as an organizational system. It suggests the need […]

]]> 0 0747e54ca48565211264097e60808451 Mike Bell wrote a new post, John Lewis, In Memoriam. https://dtnetwork.org/?p=249615 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:13:53 -0500 At the end of this year we remember the life of John Lewis, a leader in the struggle against racial discrimination. His life provides an example of how we might engage in what he described as “Good Trouble” to […]

]]> 0 d3288685a4ea5fadf3390467ccfb7deb Mike Bell wrote a new post, Family Christmas Stories https://dtnetwork.org/?p=249381 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:52:10 -0500 In the saddest Christmas with the pandemic that most of us will have ever experienced  we need a way to encourage ourselves. In our family we do it by telling one another stories. This chronicle is about some of […]

]]> 0 b130ccacaf9fa8ff988d7d647312ddaa Mike Bell wrote a new post, Imagining a Different World https://dtnetwork.org/?p=248444 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:25:13 -0400 Today we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recession and a looming climate change. We can’t depend upon our economic, political and legal systems because they are what are  causing our […]

]]> 0 84f48ab9fceb743d5781e6a21039ff9f Mike Bell wrote a new post, Shamanic Thinking in a changing World https://dtnetwork.org/?p=248071 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:20:08 -0400 Years ago Albert Einstein said, “We can’t solve our problems with the the same kind of thinkin we used to create the problems.”  We are facing–a pandemic, a economic recession and the ever looming climate […]

]]> 0 a30045ce21f9d3fe4eaaa9c1f95e518b Mike Bell wrote a new post, Man's Search For Meaning https://dtnetwork.org/?p=247527 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:38:26 -0400 This article uses the insights of Viktor Frank and his experience in Nazi concentration camps to help us develop insights into dealing with climate change. The focus is on the word “meaning” and its practical and […]

]]> 0 d3bd616aed532500d8c5266a7f14230d Mike Bell wrote a new post, Cultural Racism in U.S. and Canada https://dtnetwork.org/?p=247102 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:27:34 -0400 After using American Racism with Black Lives Matter as an example of racial discrimination, this chronicle describes Canadian Racism with the Residential School System. It also discusses some necessary reparations.

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]]> 0 0b484c799f60d0e990b24d574caaa7ba Mike Bell wrote a new post, A New Global Culture for the Global Village. https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246646 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:02:28 -0400 We need a climate change culture and a way to develop one.  This  article suggests that we look back in time to the 60’s to the insights of Marshal McLuhan and his concept of the Global Village.  It hasn’t wo […]

]]> 0 79569c5cd24455d60a0767b89d69f454 Mike Bell posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/converting-the-churches-to-a-new-cosmology/#comment-43258 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 20:34:29 -0400 Hi John,

Thanks for your response. You and I have been on a very similar journeys. Looking back it was a difficult journey at times. But I’m glad I made the decisions I made. My wife and I just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We have three adult children and two grandchildren. They are all a treasure. I’m deeply grateful for my…[Read more]

In reply to - Mike Bell wrote a new post, Converting the Churches to a New Cosmology This article describes the need for Christian churches to adopt a new cosmology that is more consistent and relevant to the Anthropocene and […] ]]> 28f03c0fffd8d7dcdab3010631db552d Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Pandemic, A Classroom for Climate Change https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246339 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:29:41 -0400 This article demonstrates how the CORONAVIRUS  pandemic can prepare us to deal with climate change. After discussing the similarities and differences between the two realities it suggests the need for a different […]

]]> 0 b180e467671318ba98aa2e2b986e9a10 Mike Bell wrote a new post, A Feeling For The Organism. https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246164 Thu, 14 May 2020 13:56:47 -0400 This article indicates that we are living in a world dominated by men, especially at the political level. But it notes that more and more women are taking lead roles in many areas.  Because of their personal […]

]]> 0 948f0e724da6a33258108caf031a067b Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Chrysalis Model-From thinking to Acting https://dtnetwork.org/?p=245695 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:53:43 -0400 We are in the midst of the Corona pandemic. We are waiting for things to return to normal. But the current “normal ‘ is what is  causing the problems. The pandemic is the portal to a climate changing world. We […]

]]> 0 3d1da5c86aa8ffab2cb8fde7d3fbfb80 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Harbinger Thinking https://dtnetwork.org/?p=245339 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:53:19 -0400 Harbinger thinking suggests a way that the present COVID-19 Pandemic can provide some useful ways of dealing with the next major challenge coming down the road–climate change.  Unlike the pandemic it will be a […]

]]> 0 7f21b78e81520146aa714bd5f0c177ce Mike Bell wrote a new post, On a journey to a Climate Change Culture. https://dtnetwork.org/?p=245033 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:35:16 -0400 In a previous chronicle I noted the need for a Climate Change Culture.  In this chronicle I explain how we might go about developing one. It  discusses the obstacles on the journey, how to get involved, moving i […]

]]> 0 eba8da171fb3966a06c23eb99417f414 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Our Economic Culture https://dtnetwork.org/?p=244580 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:33:48 -0500 Given how  climate change is impacting all aspects of Earth, we need to develop a new and different culture to deal with it–a Climate Change Culture.  Unlike most traditional cultures that are based upon ethnic o […]

]]> 0 d4a0722807ecc061ccfe76e2824c9ce5 Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Child-Mother https://dtnetwork.org/?p=243923 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:40:34 -0500 This is the story about the need for adults to help young people to deal with climate change. It focuses on the similarities between climate change and war.  It tells the story about a young girl, in the midst of […]

]]> 0 488b15d2658c6fef6f9b82aac543193f Mike Bell wrote a new post, Let Sixteen Year-olds vote https://dtnetwork.org/?p=243580 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:22:59 -0500 No group has done more to force our world to deal with climate change than young people, many of them inspired by Greta ThunBerg. However, in spite of the demonstrations around the world, teenagers are relatively […]

]]> 0 c2e99093f30ca4b7ede57c49bbda3827 Mike Bell updated new location at Comox, BC V9M 4A6, Canada https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/25139/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:47:57 -0500 0 0ba1d5454254e5f6aa99e1939a1c8978 Mike Bell updated new location at Comox, BC V9M 4A6, Canada https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/25138/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:47:51 -0500 0 0e98127bf9786c73bf8a115f72e87fb0 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Reframing for a Climate Change Culture https://dtnetwork.org/?p=242910 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:46:09 -0500 This article describes the need to re-frame to create a climate change culture to deal with climate change

]]> 0 c0c2886d5a4e49fae7aae95af5e1438d Mike Bell wrote a new post, Climate Change--Preparing for the Worst But Hoping for the Best https://dtnetwork.org/?p=242802 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:53:10 -0500 This blog provides a review of two recent articles about climate change–the worst.  But it also provides some encouraging insights on hope from an experienced spiritual leader with a different concept of hope.

]]> 0 228ab982655b39960f503f7887a68607 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Converting the Churches to a New Cosmology https://dtnetwork.org/?p=242561 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:48:26 -0500 This article describes the need for Christian churches to adopt a new cosmology that is more consistent and relevant to the Anthropocene and the climate changing world in which they find themselves.

]]> 2 3e967846089a48e04e97f344c241a7fb Mike Bell wrote a new post, How Thomas Berry Changed my Life https://dtnetwork.org/?p=242374 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:01:21 -0400 This is a story about how my close relationship with Thomas Berry changed my life, my work and my spirituality.

]]> 0 a1ceba5af0bb29c2f46fd50c17fcc8e8 Mike Bell wrote a new post, A Climate Change March https://dtnetwork.org/?p=241979 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:04:14 -0400 This is the story  of a Climate Change March and its potential impacts upon governments in both Canada and the United States.

]]> 0 fc1de6df926bc5679925e603983227bb Mike Bell wrote a new post, Creating Climate Change Community Cultures in a Climate Changing world https://dtnetwork.org/?p=241191 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:21:59 -0400 In a climate changing world we need to start at the community level and work up to the economic, political and legal systems that are causing most of the problems. These problems will continue for generations to […]

]]> 0 7fdeb3dfb58633cad7b90fdf90532d7c Mike Bell wrote a new post, Green New Deal Community High School https://dtnetwork.org/?p=240037 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:29:56 -0400  

We must depend upon our young people to deal with the realities of climate change. But they will have to be prepared for this challenge. This is an imaginary talk given in 2024 describing a High School in the […]

]]> 0 8a01c6709b8a7ec65bfee12f807c02d9 Mike Bell wrote a new post, An Earth Vocation https://dtnetwork.org/?p=239531 Wed, 29 May 2019 21:21:39 -0400 This article describes how Thomas Berry’s teachings combined with indigenous Inuit and Dene cultures in the Canadian Arctic to create one person’s Earth vocation.

]]> 0 51d733734e24477167a77e4fcc072ff0 Mike Bell posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/live-qa-mary-evelyn-tucker-w-jennifer-morgan/#comment-28983 Sat, 25 May 2019 17:48:30 -0400 Jennifer, Thanks very much for organizing this great discussion with Mary Evelyn. It was wonderful to hear from her and see the broad range of participants from various parts of world. You are doing e doing great work.l.

In reply to - Jennifer Morgan wrote a new post, Live Q&A: Mary Evelyn Tucker on THOMAS BERRY: A BIOGRAPHY CELEBRATING THOMAS BERRY’S TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of Thomas Berry’s passing […] ]]> a78fe8ea24ccaead6bdaeffcc616b670 Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Shaman's Tale https://dtnetwork.org/?p=239156 Wed, 15 May 2019 21:10:32 -0400  

 

This is a story for young people about shamans, how they relate to the Earth and provide help for their local communities.

]]> 3 20a236574e39f6785001be10bbde4b48 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Re-framing for Climate Change https://dtnetwork.org/?p=238622 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:08:57 -0400 Re-framing is the way we change how we see the world and give it meaning. Re-framing is essential if we are to realistically deal with Climate Change

]]> 0 6d34c41360e65963ec2766b386ad0a00 Mike Bell posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/deep-big-history-humanitys-journey-within-a-living-universe/#comment-23748 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:57:58 -0400 This article by Duane Elgin is excellent and very much needed in a climate changing world. We need a new context for understanding what is happening to Earth and what we can do about it. This article helps give us that context.

In reply to - Mohit Sharma wrote a new post, Deep Big History: Humanity’s Journey Within a Living Universe A Living Systems Paradigm for Big History The idea of a “living universe” is not a new perspective. More than two thous […] ]]> 69303c5ddd6875369d2ed8a2251f8ca8 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Our Personal Exodus https://dtnetwork.org/?p=234718 Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:47:45 -0400 This blog uses the original exodus event as a model
for the exodus from our current world into the climate change world that is quickly closing in upon us.

]]> 0 1372665ba1c29f77d844102da8dde4a2 Mike Bell wrote a new post, Caring for the Lifeboat https://dtnetwork.org/?p=232659 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:52:33 -0500 This blog deals with the need to care for Earth

]]> 0 8f31faee64e8c4f29096b697303bddbd Mike Bell wrote a new post, Our Personal Exodus https://dtnetwork.org/?p=232335 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:23:13 -0500 Using the biblical Exodus as a theme this article discusses our personal exodus into the climate changing Anthropocene world

]]> 1 576bfe36c7a26e4094e5009520f8ab1a Mike Bell wrote a new post, Climate Change Course for Teens https://dtnetwork.org/?p=231715 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:11:10 -0500 Climate Change is the most serious problem facing our future and Earth’s future. The year 2030 is the time by which we have had to change the course of things. This is an imaginary example of a teacher giving a […]

]]> 0 273565ab3d88609cd3f2698f40d80bfc Mike Bell wrote a new post, The Problem With Human Laws and Climate Change https://dtnetwork.org/?p=19630 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:41:43 -0400 Many folks believe that the solution to dealing with climate change is to pass better environmental laws. But a bit of reflection will indicate that human laws are not designed to protect the environment. They […]

]]> 0 625bcf8a69a7dbb49f82e07d12a5cf3b Mike Bell wrote a new post, Learning from Nature's laws and Lores https://dtnetwork.org/?p=19394 Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:45:40 -0400 For many years the Gaia Foundation in London has been working with indigenous groups around the world, helping them maintain and develop their Earth-based cultures. The foundation has also been a champion of […]

]]> 0 47a16b0e979f9558e82851d67ce58677 Mike Bell wrote a new post, RESILIENCE https://dtnetwork.org/?p=19245 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:21:34 -0400 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 […]

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