Tag Archives: climate change

Earth-Hearted Hope for Dark Times

How to maintain hope in the face of catastrophic climate change? Hope is key, as Emily Dickinson and John Muir understood.

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Cloud Cuckoo Land: The Power of Story

Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” is testimony to the power of story to save us when we need saving.

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Why Belief in Phony Conspiracies?

Why do people believe in wild conspiracies. I look into some theories.

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More Entries for the Cli-Fi List

Powers’s “Overstory” and Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” can be added to the growing list of cli-fi.

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It’s Hotter’n Milton’s Hell

As the world experiences unprecedented heat waves, Milton’s hell come to mind.

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Indigenous Authors May Save Us

Silko’s “Ceremony” shows the way towards a climate-friendly future, if only we will listen.

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Butler’s Nightmare Climate Change Vision

In “Parable of the Sower,” Butler foresees the human toll of climate change but also looks for hope in our response.

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Lovecraft Foresees Our Future

Om 1935 orror writer H.P. Lovecraft imagined all the water on earth drying up–thereby foreseeing the dangers posed by climate change.

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Butler’s Theology in Parable of the Sower

Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” shows new ways of imagining God.

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