THE POWERS It is increasingly understood that our age is dominated by corporations and by the most wealthy families and individuals. In the past, we have noted that income inequality is a growing concern worldwide. With this issue we begin tracking news that is specifically about the “one percent” and the business organizations US … Read More
October 16, 2015. Coffee in hand, I wander in predawn darkness through my candle-lit living room. The outside doors are open to the sweet, fresh smells of wet soil from last night’s thunderstorm, a brief respite from our five-year drought. I let my dog out to sit on his deck bed where he can … Read More
2015 happens to be the International Year of Soils,[1] and yet the year has been passing without much attention paid to this most important mixture of weathered rock, decayed organic matter, mineral fragments, water, and air. As George Monbiot wrote last spring, “Even if everything else were miraculously fixed, we’re knackered if we don’t … Read More
George Alfred James received his PhD in History and Philosophy of Religion from Columbia University in 1983. He is author of Interpreting Religion, and Ecology is Permanent Economy: the Activism and Environmental Philosophy of Sunderlal Bahuguna. He is also edited the volume Ethical Perspectives on Environmental Issues in India. Over the past 25 years … Read More
The Center for Ecozoic Societies in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is one of many organizations grounded in the work of Thomas Berry. Thomas Berry was[1] a self-described “geologian,” a lover and student of Earth. He has been credited with beginning the spiritual ecology movement. With respect to the relation of ecology, religion, and culture, … Read More
