Are the activists who have persisted for the past 15 months in protesting Atlanta’s and DeKalb County’s plans for the South River Forest “protectors” or “domestic terrorists"? Don’t take the bait. This is no simple story with good guys and bad guys. It is, however, a...

As I sat down this morning to enjoy my coffee and to dive back in to Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s excellent book In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying, I heard a large truck slow down in front of my house. I glanced out the...

While watching the news yesterday, a pundit that I respect was discussing the disinformation and division present in our country. He stated that we need to not let the people that we love off the hook simply because we love them, essentially that we need to be willing...

On a recent Zoom I joined about a potential program collaboration, one of the organizers admitted, somewhat sheepishly, that she was not in the same place in her understanding as she perceived others on the call to be. “I’m not an activist,” she said. “But you are!”...

Dr. Jay Michaelson is a meditation teacher, rabbi, lawyer, activist, and journalist. In addition to teaching environmental ethics at Boston University Law School and Chicago Theological Seminary, he’s reported for years on climate change. And what he said on episode...

Some of life’s great joys are the feast days of the circling year: Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas. My favorite feast dinner is on New Year’s Day. There’s pork, because a pig roots going forward; corn bread, for the golden color that brings gold and...

Certain well-intentioned groups can overwhelm us with emails and entice us to engage with a variety of links. We sometimes respond with overwhelm by clicking “delete” just to clear the electronic clutter. Here are a few notable selections that made their way into my...

Looking for a healthy start for you and the planet this New Year? Try Veganuary! Much like the famous Dry January, Veganuary was launched in the UK in 2014 to help people adopt a plant based diet for the month of January and perhaps even make the transition on a more...

My husband, Gordon and I chose to investigate solar panels when we called Creative Solar in 2021 to come out and assess if our house could be right for that option. There are a lot of trees around our house, so we didn’t know. Chaia Lewis from Creative Solar explained...

Over the past few weeks, we have honored Veterans Day and Transgender Day of Remembrance. We’ve endured the marketing blitzes of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and opened our wallets – and countless email asks – for Giving Tuesday. We’ve feasted and cheered on teams on...