CES published CES Musings, an online magazine, from 2007 to 2017.
Access articles published in CES Musings by clicking the links below.
To obtain citations for these articles, refer to the Index of Articles.
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The Chronicle
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Abundance
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Thrice-Born: On the Transformation of an Expert Dufus
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On Ecovillages and the Universe Story
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We Need A Much Bigger Leap! John Bellamy Foster on Naomi Klein’s ‘No Is Not Enough’
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For Climate Cause, Trump’s Withdrawal from Paris Accord Just One Hurdle among Many
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Remembering Wm. Theodore De Bary
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The Chronicle
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Changes Coming in CES
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CES-Led Symposium with David Orr on the Long View in Addressing the Ecological Crisis
Cosmology and Wisdom: The Great Teaching Work of Thomas Berry
For each thing in its nature is good, but all things together are very good, by reason of the order of the universe, which is the ultimate and noblest perfection in things. —Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles, Book 2, 45:10 (1264) So you see, I do ask of you things greatly surpassing the human:…
The Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change
The Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change was published by Islamic leaders from 20 countries at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul on August 17-18, 2015. The Declaration presents the moral case, based on Islamic teachings, for the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims and people of all faiths worldwide to take urgent climate action….
Creativity, the Universe, and a Pomegranate Seed
For much of my life I’ve been fascinated with a variety of subjects and authors that seemed to have no relationship to the work I was doing or to each other. Periodically I would go to a library or bookstore for some unstructured research, generally with no thought that I would ever do anything with…
The Ecological Crisis: A Moral Problem
Editor’s note: On June 18, 2015, Pope Francis issued his encyclical letter Laudato si,’ On Care For Our Common Home. On the evening of June 17, a racially-motivated shooting took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. During the following weekend, services in many faith congregations throughout the world reflected the…
The Chronicle (through July 18, 2015)
The Chronicle (through July 18, 2015) CLIMATE The pope has spoken. On June 18, 2015, the much-anticipated papal encyclical on climate change was officially presented with fanfare to the media behind the walls of Vatican City. Published in at least five languages, the 192-page document focuses on our shared moral responsibility to address the impact…
Re-Imagining Civilization as Ecological: Report on the “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization” Conference
The conference was highly anticipated. The invitation read: Some 1,000 presenters from more than 30 countries and 80 fields of specialty and are coming together for the most ambitious trans-disciplinary event ever held on behalf of the planet: “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization.” June 4-7, 2015, Claremont, CA. The conference is for everyone…
Agreement Reached on Outcome Document for the UN’s Post-2015 Development Agenda; UN Conference on Financing for Development Completed
AGREEMENT REACHED ON OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR THE UN’S POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA; UN CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED As reported in CES Musings in our immediately preceding issue, 2015 is a signal year for sustainability with these highlight events: June 4-7, 2015 – Conference on “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization,” Pomona College, Claremont,…
Pope Francis and the Culture of Care
POPE FRANCIS AND THE CULTURE OF CARE Editor’s Note: To celebrate Pope Francis’ new encyclical “Laudato Si’”: On Care of Our Common Home,” the Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi in Raleigh hosted an Interfaith Prayer Vigil on June 28, 2015. People from 20 different faith communities, including Jewish and Muslim leaders, participated in…
Pope Francis and Integral Ecology
POPE FRANCIS AND INTEGRAL ECOLOGY By Sam Mickey Editor’s Note: This article was first published on the blog Becoming Integral: Coexistence in the Planetary Era and is reprinted with permission. Dr. Mickey teaches at the University of San Francisco in the Environmental Studies program and the Theology and Religious Studies department The new encyclical by…
Religion, Ecology, Race, and Cultural Evolution
Editor’s Note: This article was posted on June 23, 2015 on the blog Footnotes 2 Plato. Matthew David Segall is a doctoral candidate in philosophy and religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California. He recently chaired the session on “Late Modernity and Its Re-Imaging” at the conference on “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an…