Lisa Sullivan is the senior program officer on integral ecology at the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
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A Holy Disruption of the Fossil Fuel Crisis
What you need to know about the climate summit in Santa Marta, Colombia.
IN APRIL, REPRESENTATIVES from 57 nations met in Santa Marta, Colombia, shattering bureaucratic climate change gridlock to forge a “coalition of the willing“ for a just transition beyond the use of fossil fuels. Together, they moved past the question of if we should abandon fossil fuels; the gathering in Santa Marta focused entirely on how. Global climate leadership is being rewritten, forged through a rare convergence of political courage and multifaith prophetic witness.
U.S. Intervention Should Never Be the Answer to Venezuela
Donald Trump does not have the wellbeing of the Venezuelan people in mind.
THE DAY A massive electrical blackout plunged Venezuela into darkness, my neighbor Juan Carlos was finally heading back to seventh grade.
It had been four months since he had entered a classroom. His teachers had been missing since November, their $8 a month salary not covering even the commute. Doing the math, I realized that my two hens earned more with their daily eggs.
Leaving his darkened school, Juan Carlos headed straight to the potato field. I watched from the porch as he dropped to his knees to rastrojear—rake the field with his hands to uncover spuds missed in the harvest. The field’s owner turns a blind eye to kids searching for food this way.