First Street has released a new report about climate migration explaining this complex issue. Over 3.2 Million Americans Have Left High Flood Risk Neighborhoods Creating “Climate Abandonment Areas." You can download the report here: https://report.firststreet.org/ I've been concerned about how climate migration patterns might affect the Midwest for a long time. This graphic shows my simplistic … Continue reading Climate Abandonment Areas
Month: December 2023
Exploring the depths of conflict
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) (Quakers) has donated all the money in the Peace and Social Concerns budget to AFSC's Gaza Emergency Relief Fund. Many Quaker meetings that are part of the Yearly Meeting have also donated money to the fund.https://secure.afsc.org/a/gazaer?ms=WEB24HGPI American Friends Service Committee https://afsc.org/action/call-cease-fire-and-humanitarian-access-gaza-now https://secure.afsc.org/a/gazaer?ms=WEB24HGPI Friends Committee on National Legislation https://www.fcnl.org/issues/middle-east-iran/israelpalestine/israel-palestine-war I think some things … Continue reading Exploring the depths of conflict
The ugliness of carbon capture
A horrifying vision of my beloved Rocky Mountains hidden by clouds of pollution led me to live without a car (1970). It was this photo I took of Long's Peak that I was envisioning. Catalytic converters helped with the visible part of the exhaust, but the greenhouse gases and heat continued unseen. Ironically, mountains today … Continue reading The ugliness of carbon capture
Middle East Polycrisis
(c)2023 Jeff Kisling, AI Noise It's overwhelming to even try to keep up with everything happening in the world. It all seems to devolve into a cloud of noise. New York Times reporter David Ignatius writes of his recent experiences in the West Bank. I appreciate storytelling such as this as a way to help … Continue reading Middle East Polycrisis
Getting serious about halting Israeli genocide
[On a personal note, I feel threatened regarding what I write about Israel, echoing what many are saying about all the ways those behind the genocide occurring in Gaza are manipulating the messaging and policies.] I do not believe that anything I say about what is happening in Gaza will affect Israeli or American policy … Continue reading Getting serious about halting Israeli genocide
How the world sees Israel’s colonial violence in Palestine
(c)2023 Jeff Kisling Increasingly, many more stories and events are emerging related to global opposition to Israel's war in Palestine and the US support for it. The US and Israel are facing growing isolation and opposition from the rest of the world due to their colonial and imperial policies. The U.S. Again Voted Against A … Continue reading How the world sees Israel’s colonial violence in Palestine
What if there was a war and everyone forgot it?
Yesterday, I wrote about the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. because I was thinking of the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor. I am a little surprised to find almost no coverage of that attack in today's mainstream news. But of course, most wars have been forgotten. There has been greatly diminished coverage … Continue reading What if there was a war and everyone forgot it?
Language
The point of this post comes from the article, It’s time to rethink the climate emergency narrative. The language we have been using has not resulted in any significant environmental action. But to get to that point, some context might help. One of the first memorable experiences I had with language was when I learned … Continue reading Language
It’s Official, We are now Living in “Bomb Time”
The story "The Emperor Has No Clothes" came to mind as I've been learning about hypernormalization and absurdity. These concepts describe how we cope with a reality that is too complex and chaotic to understand or change. We accept the lies and illusions that are presented to us, even when they contradict the facts and … Continue reading It’s Official, We are now Living in “Bomb Time”
Resisting absurdity
I've been studying and writing about change my entire life. Social, environmental, political, economic, and cultural change because the status quo in this country is unjust and unsustainable. We need to identify where our efforts to create change can have an impact. The greatest threat we face is deepening environmental chaos and its consequences. This … Continue reading Resisting absurdity
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