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Good read on the Papal Encylical by a weather man that I love!
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=...
By: Jeff Masters and Bob Henson , 1:01 PM GMT on June 18, 2015
"Earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she groans in travail."
One of the largest and oldest institutions on Earth--the Catholic Church--weighed in with these words today on the need to address the threat climate change poses to our common home. Pope Francis officially released his third papal encyclical, “Laudato Sii” (Be Praised), from the Vatican on Thursday. The 180-page encyclical is an enormous milestone in climate change awareness, and is sure to influence the critical December 2015 meeting in Paris to negotiate a new global binding treaty to limit emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
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-- Action is being delayed by rich special interests that profit from the current situation: "The failure of global summits on the environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and finance. There are too many special interests, and economic interests easily end up trumping the common good and manipulating information so that their own plans will not be affected. The alliance between the economy and technology ends up sidelining anything unrelated to its immediate interests. Consequently the most one can expect is superficial rhetoric, sporadic acts of philanthropy and perfunctory expressions of concern for the environment, whereas any genuine attempt by groups within society to introduce change is viewed as a nuisance based on romantic illusions or an obstacle to be circumvented."
The encylical concludes with this powerful prayer:
The poor and the earth are crying out.
O Lord, seize us with your power and light,
help us to protect all life,
to prepare for a better future,
for the coming of your Kingdom
of justice, peace, love and beauty.
Praise be to you!
Ame
Earth, isn’t this what you want? To arise in us, invisible?
Is it not your dream, to enter us so wholly
there’s nothing left outside us to see?
What, if not transformation, is your deepest purpose?
~Rainer Maria Rilke
Thank you, Willi for this initial frame of a project. That is a potent image that you posted, a good one! It screams "Water" to me. And in fact, I am also called to the topic of WATER, as this meta-topic encompasses our group word of the day (for me), which is "Percolating"... as in flood waters percolating down into the drinking wells and soils via the fracture lines in Texas, as there is currently another storm inundating Houston and east Texas, while a rupture in a gas line has been burning in south Texas.
Fire and Water: Perhaps this creates Steam, to be captured by our group to turn the turbines of change?
As we are invited to add images, etc, here is a headline from my local online paper - Tonight, for CA, the drought is over. Interesting words here:
CLEVELAND — Revived by a fresh-faced shooting superstar and a first-year coach who made them believe, the Golden State Warriors again reign supreme. Their 40-year NBA championship drought is finally over.
Love to fast track this event with interested members. Clock is ticking.
Shoot for mid-August. WOX