Environment

Chicago's Wilbur Wright College helps workers turn blue collars to green.

Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?

Bill McKibben 5-01-2009

The next step for the climate change movement.

Elizabeth Palmberg 4-27-2009
I was delighted to run into Charlotte Keys, head of Jesus People Against Pollution of Columbia, MS, whom I'd http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&art
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-24-2009
Nigerian activist Leo Atakpu is a busy guy -- he advocates for debt cancellation, opposes water privatization, and speaks out against climate change.
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-23-2009
Often, when we hear about global warming, what we get on the news is statistics that are hard to take in.
Cesar Baldelomar 4-22-2009
We are at a global turning point.
Lemeyo Abon, an indigenous elder from the Marshall Islands, is a survivor of fallout from the largest nuclear bomb ever
Ray Offenheiser 4-07-2009
The realities of global poverty are very stark.
Craig Detweiler 3-27-2009
From Joan of Arc to Sir Thomas More, courageous martyrs continue to inspire us. Their powerful witness is memorialized in homilies, books, and even movies.
Jim Wallis 3-26-2009

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

Meet Stephen Bartlett, an urban gardener and educator in Louisville, Kentucky.
Fred Bahnson 3-16-2009
As the engine of the American Economy coughs, sputters, and shifts to low gear (too soon to say "grinds to a halt"), another motor driving the American Dream is also running low on fuel: the food s
Norwegian Lutheran guilt ... is that what I feel every time I get on a plane to do my job as an organizational transition coach? Or is it deeper than that?
Becky Garrison 3-09-2009
Whenever I see holy hipster author-speakers flying around the world to peddle their products, I feel like hurling http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061627992?ie=UTF8&tag=sojo_blog-20&a
Cesar Baldelomar 3-05-2009
Current newspapers and blogs are replete with commentaries on the outcome of the presidential elections, the ailing economy, and life issues, especially abortion.
Barbara Born 3-02-2009
Bible readings from the Revised Common Lectionary: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38
Elizabeth Palmberg 3-01-2009

Evangelist Charlotte Keys and the 'Jesus People' she organized took on a global corporation to save a small town.

Leroy Barber 2-25-2009
Is it possible to create a new economy in the hood that would create jobs, lower energy costs, reduce the carbon footprint of an urban neighborhood, and allow neighbors to get to know one another a