Soil Solidarity No.15
A Weekly(ish) series
“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all...Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.” -Wendell Berry
Soil Solidarity is a weekly(ish) series dropping on Sunday’s where I share a handful of recommended reads or resources that I am finding helpful, interesting, or important for tending the “soil” of our hearts and faith. This list will include stuff I am reading, watching, and listening to from week to week that I hope will be worms in the compost bin helping you break down the decomposing matter of your theology and practice so that it can become rich fertilizer for cultivating a healthy relationship with the soil.
Soil Solidarity No.15
Blog: The summer from hell was just a warning
by The North Carolina Conference of the UMC
by Chelsea Harvey.
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and other climate disasters rocked the globe this summer as climate change worsens record-breaking extreme weather events. |
You can read this blog here.
Book: To Be A Water Protector
The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers
by Winona LaDuke
From the Publisher:
To Be a Water Protector: Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers, is an expansive, provocative engagement with issues that have been central to her many years of activism. LaDuke honours Mother Earth and her teachings while detailing global, Indigenous-led opposition to the enslavement and exploitation of the land and water. She discusses several elements of a New Green Economy and outlines the lessons we can take from activists outside the US and Canada. In her unique way of storytelling, Winona LaDuke is inspiring, always a teacher and an utterly fearless activist, writer and speaker.
You can purchase this book here.
Article: How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.
by Jason Horowitz / The New York Times
After a summer of intense heat, raging fires and catastrophic floods, a term for pervading dread about climate change and other environmental crises is having its moment.
You can read this article here.
Podcast: Laudato See You Next Time
From the episode description:
Folk's we're on high alert here at the magnificast, because we are just DAYS away from Pope Francis dropping his follow up to Laudato Si, Laudate Deum. To get ourselves in the right headspace for this big moment, we're revisiting some of the big themes in Laudato Si. Everyone talks about the environmental themes, but we're really interested in the Pope's use of dependency theory.
Put on your studying hat and let's get down to business preparing for the hottest Papal document of 2023!
You can listen to this interview on here, or on your preferred podcast platform of choice. .