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Line 3 Resistance Update from Brenna
Happy New Year to all! It's been some months since we learned that the felony charges would be dropped for the Four Necessity Valve...
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A Cool Day in August
Here in Chicago, we occasionally get a cool day out of the blue. When I first moved here, I thought of it as natural air-conditioning,...
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An Interview with the Valve Turners
Brenna Cussen-Anglada and Michele Naar-Obed offer this spiritual reflection on (and introduction to) the actions and motivations of the...
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Coronavirus Read: The Overstory
A few members of our time have read The Overstory by Richard Powers, and the consensus is that it is a very good read. A story about...
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Coronavirus Climate Read: Braiding Sweetgrass
Last month, while urban farming and foraging for sour cherries, I listened to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Not long after,...
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Summer Solstice - the Fullness of Time
Today is the longest day of the year - the day when the most light falls on the earth. In agrarian societies, this day was a time to...
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Environmental Protection Rollbacks
While we are at home, things are happening out in the world. Some of the most hopeful are the reduction of pollution and return of...
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Practicing Protest
It occurs to me that many of you who read this blog have taken part in protests. Perhaps that's why the story and updates of the Four...
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to live and to love in a dying world
People are asking, more and more, if there are any updates about our trial date given the pandemic. To be honest, it is somewhere in the...
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USDA Zone Changes - 1990 to Today
All of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, and most of the support team, tend a garden or a farm in one way or another. Whether you live in...
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Federal Judge Blocks DAPL
On the grounds that authorities issuing permits, including the Army Corps of Engineers, did not sufficiently take into account the...
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Activism in the Time of Coronavirus
On this day, it is a wonder to think that we are living through this time where people are choosing to put health over profit. Long the...
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March: Climate Defense News Round Up!
Do you find yourself with more time to read these days? Here's a rundown of articles (mostly featured on our facebook page during the...
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Practicing a new paradigm: Hope
I want to talk to you about the hope in the world today. One topic flooded email, social media and conversation this past weekend,...
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Expect the end of the world.
When we were last together on retreat in February, we spent some time slipping deep into this well-known poem by Wendell Berry. In this...
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In Case You Missed It
Back in the fall, Geez Magazine featured a piece by Brenna Cussen Anglada on the Four Necessity Valve Turners in their Fall Climate...
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Anthropocene
The Valve Turners have been inspired by many books on climate change. At a recent talk given by Elizabeth Kolbert on her book, The Sixth...
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Climate News Roundup
Have you noticed the excellent content on our facebook page, curated by Lydia of Emmaus House Catholic Worker in Chicago? Recent articles...
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Is there room for hope?
"There’s hope in the world when lots of people are working to protect our relationship with the earth and to try to live in right...
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Update: Celebration & Court
Hi friends, it's been a little while. We are so grateful for your support and care over the last year. On February 4th, we were again...
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