During John Mcain’s recent acceptance speech, there were periodic interruptions where the crowd could be heard chanting “Drill Baby Drill!”. The implication during the convention was that we are are addicted to foreign oil and if the damn environmentalists had not controlled congress in the 1970s and passed all kinds of restrictive legislation we...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Environmental Examiner
- Chicago's Budget Woes May Cost Its Green Reputation
- The Environment and Economy Are Only Separated by Language
- Permaculture Comes to Chicagoland
- Chicago Asked To Take A Bullet In The Battle Against The Asian Carp
- The Business of the Environment is not an Oxymoron
- Water Treatment Leasing: short term gains with long term consequenses
- Urban Wildlife is closer than you think
- Peak Oil Should Still Worry You: The Hot Air in New Natural Gas Estimates
- Backyard Chicken Movement is growing fast and coming home to roost
- Community Gardens may be a sign of the times but they are in Chicago to stay
Environmental Liberation Theology
I may be coining a phrase when I say this, but Environmental Liberation Theology is an idea whose time has come. You may be familiar with the liberation theology of the 1960′s and 70′s in Latin America; a movement within the Catholic Church especially with the Jesuits. The central tenant being both the Old...
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