World Environment Day
June 5, 2013 is World Environment Day. Today the United Nations spotlights the absurdity of global food waste. With tons of edible produce squandered each year – never making it from farm to fork – senior United Nations officials are issuing a call on World Environment Day to “reduce your foodprint!,” urging everyone to help [...]
Earth Day 2013
Today, April 22, 2013 is Earth Day 2013. With over one billion people in 192 countries participating in Earth Day activities, Earth Day is now largest civic observance in the world! Forty-three years ago, on April 22, 1970, over 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, auditoriums, and classrooms across the country to…
Whole Earth and Watershed Festival 2013
The Whole Earth and Watershed Festival will be at Redding, CA City Hall on April 27, 2013 from 10 AM to 4 PM. The theme is Healthy Children; Healthy Communities; and Healthy Planet. WEWF is a free, community-wide event that gives focus to sustainability on our planet and in our…
Keystone XL Pipeline
Last evening the PBS Newshour aired an interview with spokesmen for the two sides to the Keystone XL Pipleline controversy. Judy Woodruff moderated the debate between Anthony Swift of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Andrew Black of the Association of Oil Pipelines. The primary objection to the Keystone XL pipeline by…
Floods of Light from Spiritual Ecology
What is the connection between modern-day spirituality and ecological concerns? How does the first century, Christian, Biblical world translate into ethical actions in the 21st century? How do the various world religions integrate their spirituality with ecology? FORE is a good place to start finding answers. Mary Evelyn Tucker is the co-founder and co-director with [...]
Unreasonable Effectiveness
Science and religion are not in conflict – they are two different areas of inquiry or concern. As Paul Chiarello puts it, ”Science is dependent on philosophy to discuss what has value and what we should aim for, and philosophy is dependent on science to figure out the starting point of…
Is Climate Change Action about to Change?
Now that the 2012 U. S. presidential election is behind us, will we again hear about government actions to counteract the global warming of man-made climate change? Overall, the candidates were noticeably silent about the topic except for minor comments and a few jabs. The New York Times on October 25, 2012 quoted Andrew…
American Meteorological Society on Global Warming
We try real hard at ReddingVoice to focus only on policy issues and not to engage in partisan politics. You can judge for yourself who says what and how it stacks up with truth, as best we know it. Last week the American Meteorological Society voted to adopt a new…
Bioneers Host Speaks Out Against GMO’s
Neil Harvey, Host of the radio program Bioneers, which broadcasts Friday mornings on Chico, CA NPR station KCHO, was at Shasta College in Redding, CA last Monday morning talking about his art and the dangers of GMO’s. He stressed that “seeds carry tremendous potential. “He who controls seeds controls the food…
Art, Activism and The Change of Seeds
Shasta College is presenting ART, ACTIVISM & THE CHANGE OF SEEDS, featuring the art of David Eisenhour, Neil Harvey and Kathryn Miller at the Art Gallery (Building 300) starting Monday, August 20, 2012. The following Monday, August 27, 2012 from 9-9:50 AM Neil Harvey, Host and Senior Producer of the Bioneers: Revolution from…
