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Part 2: Environmental Justice and Native Peoples – A Conversation with Doreen Simmonds

Lee: Yeah. And it’s so many ways that people don’t realize  like when you were just talking about the snow and the ice and the caribou,  that’s not something that I would think about. Those are the kinds of things that … Continue reading

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Part 1: Environmental Justice and Native Peoples – A Conversation with Doreen Simmonds

Lee:                                                       Doreen please introduce yourself and tell us about yourself and what kind of work you’re doing, just so we can get to know you a little bit. Doreen:                                                 Uvafa Nutaaq, Utqiabvigmiu. Aapaga Samuel Simmonds, aakaga Martha Afupqana … Continue reading

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Appalachia: A National Sacrifice Zone

The words “national sacrifice zone” don’t strike me as a way we, as Christians and stewards of God’s Creation, should be characterizing a region of our country. However, in our ecological and social sin, we have tolerated the development of … Continue reading

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Keeping Our Lamps Burning

Faith in a Time of Climate Peril Within a song or hymn, one can often find insights into how to cope with setbacks and hardships. The old African-American spiritual “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” presents a dim reality: a … Continue reading

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