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- A blog I’ve been enjoying lately: Contagious Love Experiment, by Josh Stieber (joined also by Conor Curran), tells the ongoing story of an solider-turned-pacifist who is travelling across the country speaking about his experiences and his realization of the nonviolence of Christ. Stieber is speaking mostly in churches, but has also appeared in other venues, including a mosque. Check it out.
- Over at Resident Theology, Brad East continues his excellent series on Christian pacifism by returning to the question of martyrdom and by discussing the idea of “becoming God’s peaceable people“.
- Jonathon Zasloff over at Legal Planet offers an interesting perspective on the ways that religious traditions can contribute to environmentalism. His key idea: “religion is not economics”, and therefore can offer other systems of judgment through which environmental problems and solutions can be considered.
- Leslie Savan writes for Alternet about Lou Dobbs’ ongoing tour of foreign health-care systems. Dobbs has been remarkably inconsistent on the issue, but at the moment seems to be presenting single-payer and other government-backed systems less negatively (gasp!).
An article by Samantha Nasser over at The Articulate reminded me recently (just in time for earth day!) of an interesting organization, Trees For Our Children. According to their website, the organization exists to promote “a cleaner and healthier planet. [The organization] accomplish[es] this by providing a means for ordinary people to make lasting benefits to the environment through planting trees.”
The interesting part lies in where they want these trees: cemeteries.
Another page on the site explains three reasons why cemeteries are the ideal spot:
1. Cemetery land is only profitable when it’s undeveloped.
2. Cemeteries are safest from eminent domain laws.
3. Cemeteries have large trust funds for the care of their grounds, including the trees.
I must admit, it’s a fascinating idea. Cemetery trees will likely last much longer than trees on other prime land. And regardless of one’s views of global warming, more trees = good.
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For more information, see the Articulate article or TreesForOurChildren.org
