Costa Rica is giving me hope
I highly recommend reading Thomas Friedman’s April 11th Op-Ed column in the New York Times. The ELCA World Hunger staff has been talking a lot about climate change recently, and the disproportionate impact it has on those living in poverty....
Lessons Learned
My Lenten fast from meat ended on Saturday night with the Easter Vigil (Alleluia!). It is one of the only Lenten disciplines I can remember that ended with a strong sense of relief. Relief because I did not have to...
It’s a Living
I happened to have the news on yesterday as I was fixing lunch, and they were talking about the pirates off the coast of Somalia who attacked a U.S.-flagged ship, the Maersk Alabama. My young daughter caught the word “pirates”...
A Maundy Thursday devotion
Last November I had the privilege of visiting projects that gifts to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal help make possible in Malawi. In the village of Kambuzi I saw integrated and sustainable development at its best: animal projects (chickens, pigs,...
Reflections in a spoon
Its all about the story. A simple statement and my mantra for many years. The stories that we all carry about hunger, when told, help others see the reality of world. I was reading the latest issue of Christian Century...
Individual choice, or system?
Hello from your new blogger: Anne Basye, who wrote the hunger resource Sustaining Simplicity: A Journal. I wrote this book in 2005 and 2006, and it came out in 2007. Those of you who have read it or used it...
At long last!
One of my ongoing frustrations in trying to be a better consumer is that it’s pretty much impossible to judge what the best choice is without spending hours of research on every little purchase. I’ve blogged about this before. Try...
Some Hunger Ed Resources
Check out these new resources: ELCA World Hunger just released a hunger education resource for congregations. The Hunger Education tool kits will help you design, host, and lead a learning experience on hunger or hunger-related topics. It is adaptable to...
Lester Brown on climate change, economics, and poverty
I was on the Green Festival web site today (looking up the dates that it will be in Chicago – May 16-17) when I discovered Green Festival TV. In browsing the video clips, I ran across the following interview with...
Climate Change and Migration
An interesting piece that was emailed to me: March 23, 2009Migrant or refugee — what’s in a name?By LISA FRIEDMAN, ClimateWire HARINAGAR, Bangladesh — Environmentalists call the two young men who sneaked into India from this coastal village “climate refugees.”...