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
The Chronicle (September-October 2013)
The Chronicle (September-October 2013) Our readers are invited to present their own reports of what they are paying attention to in the transition from economic-industrial to ecological-cultural societies. From Alice Loyd Looking back at the past month’s news stories in light of ecozoic priorities, the lead story must be the Fifth Assessment Report of…
Passage of Brother Conrad Federspiel, C.P.
PASSAGE OF BROTHER CONRAD FEDERSPIEL, C.P. (Born May 28, 1924, Professed April 3, 1952, Died October 6, 2013) By Tom Keevey Brother Conrad Federspiel was a member of the Passionist Religious Order, as was Thomas Berry. He worked in many monasteries including years at the foundation in Port Burwell, Canada, where he cared for the…
Horticulture and Human Culture
HORTICULTURE AND HUMAN CULTURE By D. Paul Schafer Dr. Schafer lives in Markham, Canada, and is the Director of the World Culture Project. This summer, I watched a particular plant in our garden, a monkshood, to see if it would bloom. It had been a long, hot summer with very little rain, and this fascinating…
Report on Peter London Workshop: “Artists are Not Illustrators, Rather Art is a Work of Relationship”
REPORT ON PETER LONDON WORKSHOP: “ARTISTS ARE NOT ILLUSTRATORS, RATHER ART IS A WORK OF RELATIONSHIP” By Alice Loyd CES, featuring the leadership of artist and master teacher Peter London, held its first artists’ workshop on September 27 and 28, 2013. From the first lecture through the closing exercise, the sessions were marked by…
AUTUMN
AUTUMN I love autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for The beauty of it. ~Lee Maynard Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance ~Yoko Ono
CES Musings – September-October 2013
In This Issue: Autumn The Chronicle (September-October 2013) From Alice Loyd Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report Summary; Climate Panel’s Fifth Report Clarifies Humanity’s Choices; Climate Panel Cites Near Certainty on Warming; What 95% Certainty of Warming means to Scientists; Politics Is Poorly Suited to Address Global Warming; We Need Climate Change Risk Assessment; Anger…
PRAYER FOR THE GRACE TO AGE WELL
PRAYER FOR THE GRACE TO AGE WELL By Teilhard de Chardin, The Divine Milieu (found among Brother Conrad’s possessions) When the signs of age begin to mark my body, and still more when they touch my mind; When the illness that is to diminish me or carry me off strikes from without or is…
CES Musings – July-August 2013
In This Issue: A Walk in the Woods of Piedmont North Carolina, by David Otto Walking to New Hope Creek: Landscape History And Ecological Change, by Norman Christensen, Ph.D. Intuition, Logic, Ego, Sustainability, by Steven Lambeth Become a Member
A Walk in the Woods of Piedmont North Carolina
Dave Otto worked as a neurotoxicologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is now a historian, naturalist, photographer and activist living in Carrboro, North Carolina. He is on the events and publishing committees of CES. Each of the events in the natural world is a poem, a painting, a drama, a celebration. -Thomas…
Walking to New Hope Creek: Landscape History and Ecological Change
Norman Christensen was the Founding Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University where he continues to work as a research professor. He is also past President of the Ecological Society of America. The text below was given as a speech at United Church of Chapel Hill in January 2013. I was…