Ched Myers – Water Webinar (Mar. 21)

Ched Myers will co-present a webinar on eco-justice, March 21 ($9.50).

“Redemption as Rehydration: The Eschatological Vision of Water in the Bible”!

>Even more random links.

Articles, Organizations & Websites:

• Priest pens spiritual survival guide for recession (John Blake, CNN, 17 Sept 2011)
• David Graeber: The Debt of the American Poor Should Be Forgiven (Democracy Now, 19 Sept 2011)
• Shame on you, Dick Cheney (Richard Cizik, RNS, 30 Aug 2011)
• Chronic disease to cost $47 trillion by 2030: WEF (Kate Kelland, Reuters, 18 Sept 2011)
• The Happiness Equation (Margret Aldrich, Utne, 9 Sept 2011)
• THE GOSPEL OF IMMIGRATION (RUSSELL MOORE , Neue Magazine, 14 SEPT 201)
• Epitaph for Another September 11 (Ariel Dorfman, The Nation, 30 Aug2011)
• The True Cost of 9/11 (Joseph E. Stiglitz, Slate, 1 Sept 2011)
• Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: “I am Willing to Testify” If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial (Democracy Now!, 30 Aug 2011)
• London riots, African famine: The difference between first and third world problems (Peter Farquhar & Simon Black, News.com.au, 12 Aug 2011)
• 10 years after 9/11, we must end torture forever (Scott Anderson, The Cap Times, 31 Aug 2011)
• Ten Reasons to Move Cheney’s Book to the Crime Section (Medea Benjamin, Dissident Voice, 30 Aug 2011)
• The Curse of Tina (Think Tanks/PR) (Adam Curtis, BBC, 13 Sept 2011)
• Letter from prison: Tim DeChristopher speaks (Grist, 29 Aug 2011)
• INSPIRING DEVELOPMENT IN FRAGILE STATES (Seth Kaplan,  The Review of Faith & International Affairs,
  Vol 8,  Is 4,  Dec 2010, Pages 11 – 21)
• The Missing Fundamental Belief: Love as a Key to Church Renewal (Keith Augustus Burton, Ph.D.)
• Prophets Today? (Dennis Bratcher)
• Witness for Peace, US-Colombia FTA Info Sheet
• School of the Americas Watch
• Soles for Souls
• Global Nonviolent Action Database
• Tools for Reclaiming Communities from Militarism
• Civilian Public Service info
• Global days of Listening

Films & Videos:

• Becoming Fools
• Reparando
• Dirt!
• How to Live to be 100+ (Dan Buettner, TED)
• Pay Attention to Nonviolence (Julia Bacha, TED)
• Documentaries on School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)
• Adventist Community Services (ACS) videos

>Random Links

After finishing papers for my summer class, I’ve taken the past couple days off and watched a few clips and read a few articles online. When I get overwhelmed or depressed with social justice issues, I turn to the fun of adventure and animals (ok, and still a few peace and justice links). For example, these:

Adventure & Life

• 23 Feet (film) – http://www.23feet.org/ (scroll down for trailer)
• Xtracycle (co) – http://www.xtracycle.com/
• Madsen Bikes (co) – http://www.madsencycles.com/
• Catherine Destivelle (video) – http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/07/29/catherine-destivelle-solo-climb-in-mali-video/ [your hands will sweat] [bit]
• Alex Honnold (trailer) – http://natgeoadventure.tv/int/post.aspx?id=24672
• The Love Letter (outdoor short) – http://www.outdoorresearch.com/site/theloveletter.html
• The Season (series) – http://www.theseasontv.com/
• Fringe Elements (series) – http://adventure.wpf.test.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/fringe-elements/home/
• You Are Not Alone (DBD podcast) – http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/the-dirtbag-diaries-you-are-not-alone.html
• Tracing the Edge (series) – http://video.patagonia.com/pages/tracing-the-edge
• Never Say Never (episode) – http://video.patagonia.com/video/iNever-Say-Neveri-Ep-3;Vertical-Sailing-Greenland
• Solitaire (trailer) – http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/08/solitaire-official-movie-trailer-and-world-premiere.html
• Longboarding Morocco (video) – http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/long-treks-on-skate-decks-morocco-video-series.html
• Danny MacAskill (video) – http://youtu.be/Cj6ho1-G6tw (more)
• King Lines (trailer) – http://youtu.be/3vEJS2AwGA8
• Wend Magazine (site) – http://www.wendmag.com/
• F, S & Nearly D (trailer) – http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/07/31/fat-sick-nearly-dead-video/
• CS for PlayBoy (ridiculous) – http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/08/02/barbara-pedrotti-interviews-chris-sharma/
• Don’t do drugs (video) – http://www.patagonia.com.au/journal/?p=1599
• Towers of Ennedi (trailer) – http://blog.jimmychin.com/?p=505 [okay, this one isn't from the past two days]
• Steck on Eiger (video) – http://youtu.be/G-dPjDYVKUY
• 180 South (trailer) – http://www.180south.com/trailer.html
• Petzl, Mexico (video) – http://www.climbing.com/photo-video/av/petzl_roctrip_2010_sport_climbing_in_mexico/
• Injury recovery 1 (article) – http://rockandice.com/component/content/article/37-tnb/1499-tnb
• Injury recovery 2 (article) – http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/postcards-from-chamonix-sleep-finale.html
• Injury recovery 3 (video) – http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/journal/climb/video/video-bd-athlete-renan-ozturk-recovering-from-ski-accident

Nature

• Vision of the Wild (video) – http://www.visionsofthewild.com/
• Elephant prosthetic (article+video) – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/prosthetic-foot-elephant_n_912164.html
• Freedom to Roam (video) – http://freedomtoroam.org/about/
• Organic/GMO (article) – http://www.naturalnews.com/033216_GMO_contamination_lawsuits.html
• Goats and weeds (video) – http://video.patagonia.com/video/Weed-War
• Patagonia time-lapse (video) – http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/patagonia-time-lapse-video.html
• Spain (video) – http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/04/23/ctw.earth.day.photos.cnn&hpt=C1

Peace, Justice & Faith

• 50 Documentaries (trailer/film) – http://current.com/shows/fifty-documentaries/
• Worker justice (article) – http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/4698/what_worker_justice_has_to_do_with_religion
• Left v. Right (map) – http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/blog-html/leftvright_world.html
• Evangelizing (article) – http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/24/my-take-why-evangelicals-should-stop-evangelizing-2/
• Tim’s sentencing statement (article) – http://www.peacefuluprising.org/tims-official-statement-at-his-sentencing-hearing-20110726
• Bidder 70 (film site) – http://www.gageandgageproductions.com/Bidder70
• Compassionate evangelicals (article) – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/kristof-evangelicals-without-blowhards.html
• IJM (video) – http://youtu.be/dSEF6WlcdRg

Also, yesterday I wrote this political article. And now I need freedom to roam… Time to walk to the bank, library and post office.

>Water Footprint

Here are a few things on water:

• Howie’s wallpaper–Local & Beach
• Water footprint
• Our Common Waters (Patagonia)

>Marcelo Rivera & El Salvador

>Jamie Moffett (Another World is Possible) is following up his first documentary, The Ordinary Radicals, with a new film looking at the civil war in El Salvador that ended 17 years ago, Return to El Salvador. While filming for this project, he came across the story of Macelo Rivera, a teacher and activist who was killed, presumably, because of his work to stop mining in the area. Take a look:

Learn more here:

• Down the Well (I. Thompson, Philadelphia City Paper, 29 July ’09)
• El Salvador: The Mysterious Death of Marcelo Rivera (C. Mychalejko, Upside Down World, 6 Aug ’09)

Sign a petition here.

>America Recycles Day (Nov 15)

>That’s right, today is AMERICA RECYCLES DAY. After reducing, reusing and rotting, we can and should recycle what’s left of our waste.

I am proud to announce that my father-in-law has arranged to get recycling bins placed in the business he operates. Recycling is very inconvenient in the area (the university extension program only picks up recyclables 2 days a month with very restrictive hours), so these bins will make it much easier for workers and church members to tread more lightly on the planet.

Resources

• Recycling Stats
• Recycling 101
• “The Truth about Recycling” (The Economist)

>The Future of Food

>The Future of Food is now added to my list of must-see DVDs for Americans*.

Some of the information** overlapped the book I just read, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, though the documentary went much deeper into the corporate world of genetic tweaking and patent mongering. This would be a good film to watch along with The Corporation for an ultra-long movie night.

If you don’t watch this, you can still live it by eating locally grown organic food. And this is actually already in my rough guide to sustainable living.

We vote once every four years for the president (at least we should). But each dollar spent on food is a vote for more corporate dominance and GMO/GE organisms or a vote for sustainable farming. Like the film says, “The choices we make at the supermarket determine the future of food.”

If you rent this through Netflix, you’ll miss the great bonus material on the 2nd disc. Get it, watch it, share it with all your friends (especially the positive bonus treats).

Amy, when do we get to eat your organic heirloom produce again? Thanks for sharing the film, Alyx.

*Why We Fight, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, The Corporation

**Starvation today results from poor distribution, not insufficient production. Also, massive food subsidies in rich nations have deleterious effects on farmers in the developing world.

>Religious leaders act on climate change

>I’m glad to read that leaders of different denominations and faiths are coming together to speak for those who don’t have a voice.

Religious leaders act on climate change (Yahoo News/AP, H. JOSEF HEBERT, 31 Oct ’07)

“While not all of us agree on much,” said the Rev. Michael Livingston, president of the National Council of Churches, “we do agree on the need to protect God’s creation. It has become clear that global warming will have devastating impact on those in poverty around the world.”

The Rev. Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, said 84 percent of evangelicals support mandatory limits on greenhouse gases. He said it is not a matter of political persuasion but “of moral leadership.”

>EVENT: Earth Day

>I wore my hemp t-shirt with the subtle print “Every Day is Earth Day.”

But I didn’t post anything about Earth Day. So let me link to Bryant’s page.

Happy Earth Day!

>EVENT: World Water Day

>
March 22 is World Water Day.

Maybe you’ve already read what Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws, had to say about the high seas:

“Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. So water is the be-all and end-all of life as we know it. If we kill everything in the ocean, and if we pollute the ocean to a point where it can’t sustain life, we’re committing suicide.” (Times Online)

Here are some articles about H2O:

400 Million Children Deprived of Safe Water
Freshwater shortages threaten the living world
Corruption plays role in world water shortage
Water summit starts with mass protest
Global Water Availability