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A Solstice Story: Putting the Pieces Back Together Again
Just after NASA got started, I read of an incident in which the space program hosted a hosted a group of Asian scientists, treating them to a tour of their facility– with which the visitors wer… more →
Our Earth/Ourselves
A Solstice Story: Putting the Pieces Back Together Again
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Madronna Holden wrote 2 weeks ago: Just after NASA got started, I read of an incident in which the space program hosted a hosted a gro … more →
Thomas Berry 1914-2009
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Madronna Holden wrote 6 months ago: On the occasion of the death of Catholic priest and theologian (or “geologian”, as he pr … more →
How can you not plant a rose in wartime?
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Madronna Holden wrote 9 months ago: “They always put social experiments in the easiest, most fertile places. We wanted the hardes … more →
Notes from the new generation on Inaugural Day
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Madronna Holden wrote 11 months ago: It seems appropriate that the post I wrote on Election Day ( “note to the next generation … more →
Caring and the "Fore-caring" of Precaution: Watching over the Commons
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Madronna Holden wrote 11 months ago: One day when I visited a Chehalis grandmother that I sat and spoke with many times, she called my at … more →
What makes a hero? Letter to the Israeli Defense Minister
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: What Makes a Hero? A Letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense To Mr. Ehud Barak: You should be … more →
Is there justice in such a world?
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: “He is confined to solitary twenty-three hours a day in a prison cell that measures 9′X1 … more →
A personal note to the next generation
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: “We are not the ones who created these problems”, one of my students recently said, … more →
The Green Revolution--Whoops! The Women of Bangladesh Offer an Alternative
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: The more we try to manage a problem with a technological magic bullet, the less effective we may be … more →
Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?
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King David wrote 1 year ago: In the midst of the economic shaking, soical unrest and political battles, we may have been unwittin … more →
While we are counting blue and red states, what about the purple?
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: We’ve heard plenty about the red and blue states. After all, this is an election year. But wha … more →
"Going on the Side of Life": Managing Humans to Foster Nature's Resilience
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: Given the extensive impact of human actions on the natural world, it is improbable that we can resto … more →
The Superpower of Foresight
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: By Camila Thorndike Lately I have been pondering the significance and utility of reports and plans, … more →
Update on "Re-storying the Northwestern landscape" (and an excuse to share more stories)
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: Places on this land–and the ancestral spirits of all the species that reside there– conn … more →
Takelma-Siletz Elder Agnes Baker Pilgrim: Honoring the Water
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: Before she blesses the Willamette River, pouring into it a vial of similarly blessed water from arou … more →
Tree Huggers in the City
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: One day I looked out my window to see a woman with her arms around the old maple tree in front of my … more →
Supporting the Heart of Palestine: An Avenue to Peace in the Middle East
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: “Whenever something makes us happy, something else makes us sad again.” –Palestinian gir … more →
What the storm says
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Madronna Holden wrote 1 year ago: I am going to go out on a limb here. I am going to assert my belief that there is something mysterio … more →
