11722 Westcross 84. I have often found it confusing by the fact that Samhain falls on the same day as Halloween. This time of year, it’s not surprising to find the media talking about Halloween being the holy day for Pagans. This reinforces the stereotypes of Pagans dabbling in evil energies, and it isn’t helpful…
From The Earth Neo-Pagan to The Eco-Pagan
The website earthneopagan.net has now been moved to pagan.eco and is now called The Eco-Pagan. I did this because it expresses in the most direct and simple way what I wish to achieve with this blog. .Eco aspects of Paganism For decades, people have referred to Paganism as an Earth-based and Nature-based religion. With this…
What is essential for Earth’s survival? And civilization’s?
Saving the Earth as we know it involves more than just reduced carbon emissions. Most of the mainstream media doesn’t tell us that. Fundamentally, what is essential for Earth’s survival is consuming no more than what is essential to maintain our civilization. Not just carbon dioxide Much of the environmental degradation and species extinction we…
Green economic implications
I have always known that infinite economic growth on a finite planet is inherently unsustainable but have not often been clear on green economic alternatives or their implications. This article makes a pretty thorough effort to look at the question. I’m sure the devil’s in the details, but we have to start somewhere. https://truthout.org/articles/we-cant-avoid-climate-breakdown-without-reducing-growth-leading-economist-says/
Hello and Happy Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO-na-sa) is as good of a day as any to begin the first entry of this blog. Since Lughnasadh often refers to the “first fruits,” this blog can be considered the first fruit of a concept I have been nurturing for a long time. Why I am starting this blog I started this…