Soil Solidarity No.18
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.18
Article: Rethinking Dominion in Genesis 1:27-28
by Lee Canipe, originally published in Christian Ethics Today 2010
“What did God mean when, in Genesis 1:27-28, God commanded humans to subdue the earth and have dominion over Creation? What are the implications of these commandments on the way that Christians understand their proper relationship to the environment?”
You can read this article here.
Blog: UN Carbon Removal Estimates ‘By No Means Feasible,’ Scientists Warn
From Yale Environment 360
“U.N. estimates of the amount of carbon that humans can remove from the atmosphere are deeply unrealistic, scientists warn. A new paper offers more plausible carbon removal targets.”
You can read this blog here.
Book/Zine: A Little Book of Insurgent Planning: Stories of Collective ACtion in Hard Times (FREE)
From the Publisher:
“As we collapse, this free online book provides examples of what action we can take collectively. Taken from academic literature, it’s about how we struggle together as the world we have depended upon contracts and decays. How will we work together as food and water systems breakdown? How can we act to secure alternate sources? Examples abound of #InsurgentPlanning in cultures and communities around the world.“
You can read this book for FREE here.
Podcast: Thinking with Animals
From The Magnificast
From the episode description:
“This week on the podcast we're thinking about the way St Francis approached animals in his life. To take the idea of animals a bit more seriously we read the book Animalia: An Anti-Imperial Bestiary for Our Times. In the episode, we talk about the imperial history of apes, dogs, cattle, whales, foxes and even unicorns”
You can listen to this podcast on here, or on your preferred podcast platform of choice.