Kathleen Meyer
Let’s Go! Let’s Go!
By Kathleen Meyer, September–October 2019
As the World Turns. Remember that soap opera (aired 1956-2010)? I think I watched 15 minutes once. Well, it’s no longer a daily soap but Mother Earth’s planetary reality show, and not intended as entertainment. The question is What, if anything, will survive? Walruses and polar bears are starving, rapidly approaching a permanent fade; one million plant and animal species are on the brink of extinction (according to this year’s UN Biodiversity report); Greenland is melting on fast-forward; the Amazon rainforest is going up in smoke; walloping hurricanes are increasing in number and force and slowness. Everything hangs in a shrinking window of balance, with to come: cascades of yet unimagined feedback loops and trends. People whose houses have flooded, burned up, or blown away get it immediately. The rest of us? Have we the gumption and wisdom to rise together, jump to it in a monumental manner . . . or will climate catastrophe remain a phenomenon of NYIMBY (not yet in my backyard) and continue to alter Mother Earth, irrevocably?
Understanding the Green New Deal
By Kathleen Meyer, February 2019
When I finally rolled out today (Feb 15th) after not sleeping last night, Patrick immediately informed me I’d just missed a great speech by our leader. “You could probably duplicate it,” he quipped, “by stabbing yourself in the ear with a sharp pencil.”
Everything we hold dear to a future on this planet is under attack by blind big money. Here—in two quick videos, with some of my favorite people—is the HOPE.
Everything we hold dear to a future on this planet is under attack by blind big money. Here—in two quick videos, with some of my favorite people—is the HOPE.
Panel:
“Understanding the Green New Deal”
with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders,
Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Shailene Woodley.
First episode of “The Conversation”
with the great Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks.
Bernie’s vision for the future of the America.
Feb 14th, 2019
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EMAILED COMMENTS
Gail Storey
I really appreciated the two videos. Very exciting to live in this time of truth being spoken to power, and truth using its power to benevolent ends.
Your recommended reading list is a treasure (and I’m honored to see all three of my books on it, thank you)!
I really appreciated the two videos. Very exciting to live in this time of truth being spoken to power, and truth using its power to benevolent ends.
Your recommended reading list is a treasure (and I’m honored to see all three of my books on it, thank you)!
Kathleen
I hope it will be more “exciting” than full of stress and strife in this coming year of campaigning. It often feels endless. Yet staying abreast and participation are necessary if we are to get anywhere.
I hope it will be more “exciting” than full of stress and strife in this coming year of campaigning. It often feels endless. Yet staying abreast and participation are necessary if we are to get anywhere.
Liz Cain
Kathleen’s book list is absolutely the best! Books that will haunt you, thrill you, devastate you, and enlighten you; pick any ten and read them this year for brain and heart refreshment unparalleled.
Kathleen’s book list is absolutely the best! Books that will haunt you, thrill you, devastate you, and enlighten you; pick any ten and read them this year for brain and heart refreshment unparalleled.
Kathleen
Ten? Do you hire out to do press releases? Thanks, Liz!
Ten? Do you hire out to do press releases? Thanks, Liz!
BigSkyOverBarbara
. . . “swimming in the river” 😆 yep, we’ve got to keep our hopes and dreams alive. Mine is hiking the desert Red Rock.
Enjoy the rest of the winter.
. . . “swimming in the river” 😆 yep, we’ve got to keep our hopes and dreams alive. Mine is hiking the desert Red Rock.
Enjoy the rest of the winter.
Kathleen
I always think of you meandering the desert red rock. Stay well, good woman.
I always think of you meandering the desert red rock. Stay well, good woman.
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