Note: I took this photograph of Nathan while our family was camping at Glacier National Park this summer. I submitted the text below as a letter to the editor of the Brookings Register a couple…
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If you’re at all concerned about the impacts of climate change, here and around the world, I need your help. At 5pm on Tuesday, November 19th, in the Community Room at the City Government Center…
Last night I received the 14th annual Dorothy and Eugene T. Butler Human Rights Award from the city of Brookings, South Dakota. In accepting the award, I commended the city for publicly affirming the importance…
Among other things in my activist life, I work for Fast for the Earth. The Fast has been ongoing for nearly a year now, with 200+ participants in 24+ nations. Each of us fasts in…
Grand Island, Nebraska: Last Thursday, this small city was the site of the U.S. State Department’s one and only public hearing about the Keystone XL pipeline during its 45-day public comment period on the…
What a day at the Forward on Climate rally in DC! A determined, passionate crowd estimated at 50,000 strong. 150 bus-loads of citizens from 30 states. 170 partner organizations. Wow. Mama Earth mojo is…
Dear neighbors in America’s heartland, On January 23-25, 2013, I had the privilege of representing Fast for the Earth at the “Protect the Sacred” gathering hosted by the Ihanktonwan Dakota in Pickstown, South Dakota. Their…
Most of my work these days is divided primarily three ways: publishing my new poetry blog, “A Year of Being Here”; researching a historical novel that I plan to write; and actively opposing the Keystone…
I’d like to share with you this brief video about the Fast for the Earth, which I’ve helped to organize. (It’s best viewed full-screen, as it includes text.) The Fast launches on August 1. We…
I’m a co-organizer of the Fast for the Earth, a nonviolent protest against wanton disregard for the natural world, and a spiritual affirmation that we are all part of that world, responsible for its careful…
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