Moral Ground

Ever wonder what a Treevival would look like?

tpayton — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:36 +0000

By Rebecca Vidra, Lecturer of Environmental Science and Policy, Duke University

Spring semester has come to a close at Duke University and last week, I gathered my students around the fire pit at my home to celebrate our Treevival. Our class, Conservation Ethics, was a new…

Kathleen Dean Moore at Simon Fraser University

tpayton — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:46:08 +0000

Kathleen Dean Moore speaks at the Centre for Coastal Science and Management at Simon Fraser University. Listen to her clear and moving talk here.

Essay Contest Winners

tpayton — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:44:30 +0000

The West Michigan Michigan Sustainable Business Forum announces the winners of its sustainability essay contest. Read the winning entries here. Congratulations to all who wrote in with stirring and insightful pieces!

EcoShock Interviews Kathleen Dean Moore

tpayton — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:29:36 +0000

EcoShock (www.ecoshock.org) talks to “someone extraordinary” about our shared Moral Ground. Listen to Kathleen Dean Moore’s stirring interview here.

tpayton — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:38:45 +0000

The Climate Interpreter reviews Moral Ground and finds that explaining climate change is as much about science as it is about sharing stories. Check out the review here.

United Methodist Women’s Reading List

tpayton — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:09:54 +0000

As part of the United Methodist Women’s Reading List, Moral Ground is featured in the UMW podcast series. Editors Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael Nelson discuss Christians’ responsibility towards creation, living differently in order to preserve creation, and philosophical and theological perspectives on environmental issues here.

Rush Limbaugh calls Christian climate scientist “babe”

tpayton — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:55:20 +0000

Help a Christian climate scientist stand her Moral Ground. Dr. Hayhoe of Texas Tech University has made it her life’s work to bridge the gap between the science of climate change and religion. After being attacked by shock-jockey Rush Limbaugh as “a babe named Hayhoe,” Dr. Hayhoe has received threats…

The Liberal Artist

tpayton — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33:23 +0000

The Liberal Artist explores Climate Change – and the Morals Behind It in a new interview with Kathleen Dean Moore. Have a read and see what’s the Moral Ground behind the Keystone Pipeline, the UN climate talks in Durban, and climate change in an election year.

Essay Contest Invitation

tpayton — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:46:47 +0000

What inspires your sense of responsibility? The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is sponsoring a bold and exciting essay contest that invites participants to write a mini Moral Ground essay in 1,500 words or less on their everyday commitment to sustainability.

We invite you to check out the contest guidelines…

What Is Morally Required?

tpayton — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:23:57 +0000

What does a student being led away by guards at the UN climate change talks have to do with Moral Ground? Read Michael Nelson and Kathleen Dean Moore’s compelling essay What Is Morally Required to find out how one person can raise the consciousness of a nation.