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The New York Times published an article in the Science section on Tuesday, August 20, entitled, How Close are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points. Here is a list of their major tipping points that are vulnerable to climate change: Thawing of the Permafrost will result in large releases of stored methane (CH4) gas, a formidable…
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I will lead with the assumption that all human beings would prefer a world order in which being in harmony with the OTHER was the norm. In this world order, oppressors and the oppressed would reconcile the tragic gap that separates them and is often the source for war. Peace would be achieved when reconciliation,…
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In the United States political arena, we are still squabbling about whether global warming is influenced by human activity. While 97% of climate scientists unanimously agree that human activity is the single most important factor causing our planet to warm, which is adversely changing in our climate, 32% of Americans are in favor of continued…
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I am reading a wonderful book by James Hollis, On This Journey We Call Our Life: Living the Questions. In the first chapter, he asks us, the reader, “So what are the truths which we are living, or which are living us?” I love this question because it reveals the polarity between the truths we…
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Carol Gilligan, a Harvard psychologist and author, developed the Stages of the Ethics of Care theory to illustrate what makes actions right or wrong. Her theory highlights that an ethical life centered on care-taking depends on building strong relationships and interactions with others, rather than from other capacities. She believed that a woman’s morality, more…
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