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Interconnections
PBS aired an important half-hour program in fall 2025: Interconnections , produced by the Connectivity Project. " This powerful film explores how our actions create ripples in an interconnected world. Featuring Indigenous elders, scientists, and activists, it highlights shared cultural wisdom and inspiring real-life stories. From butterfly conservation to youth environmental advocacy, it empowers viewers to recognize their impact and embrace a deeper sense of responsibili
Rick Bonetti
Nov 17, 20253 min read


EcoCivilization Coalition
"The EcoCiv Institute (EcoCiv) first emerged as a vision of the scholar and activist John B. Cobb, Jr. A professor at the Claremont Graduate University and Claremont School of Theology and a leader in ecological thinking. Prof. Cobb wrote the founding work in eco-theology in 1971, Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology . Over the decades that followed, Cobb published over 50 books, inspired two generations of scholars and activists, founded multiple organizations, and org
Rick Bonetti
Nov 8, 20252 min read


We Are In This Together
In " America at a Crossroads ," a December 19, 2023 PBS NewsHour special, Judy Woodruff explored what was driving the immense division...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 1, 20253 min read


AI and National Security
President Trump's AI Policy On January 20, 2025 , President Trump issued Executive Order 14148 , revocation of the Biden-Harris AI...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 13, 20254 min read


OBBB and the Oregon Environment
The OBBB is the most anti-environment and anti-climate bill in history.
Rick Bonetti
Jul 5, 20252 min read


A New Planetary Nationalism?
While I am encouraged by The Center from Christogenesis' support of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's notion of the noosphere, I am disturbed by a techno-optimist push toward planetary nationalism
Rick Bonetti
Jun 17, 20253 min read


46 Programs Trump Wants to Eliminate
"Trump is running the Republican Party and asserting presidential power in ways unseen in American history. His requests are taken...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 3, 20254 min read


Civil Resistance
"It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 18, 20252 min read


Panicans
On April 7, 2025 President Trump posted on Truth Social: "Don't be a PANICAN (a new party based on Weak and Stupid people.)" The name is...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 16, 20251 min read


India - Between China, the West, and the Global South
Presented via Zoom by WorldOregon, in conjunction with the annual Great Decisions series at Portland State University, March 14, 2025...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 12, 20251 min read


The Current U.S. Trade War with China
I write about the current U.S. trade war with China in order to try to make sense of the incomprehensible. Will we ever again have an...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 12, 20253 min read


Earth Community
David Korten , in his 1995 book When Corporations Rule the World , tried to make a case for the unworkability of current economic systems...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 7, 20255 min read


Responding to Cruelty, Bullying and Chaos
On March 17, 2025 Aspen Initiative (Wisdon From the Top of the World) offered a free webinar with some of the foremost non-dual...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 29, 20252 min read


Revenge/Tribute Politics & U.S. Hegemony
Some are dealing with the current crisis and chaos in American politics by taking a break from media. I choose the opposite approach by...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 15, 20252 min read


Not Talking about Climate Change
Reference to "Climate Change" is being scrubbed from Federal government websites. Politico reported on January 31, 2025 that according...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 6, 20252 min read


The Politics of Science
How do the policies of Project 2025 reflect the published RNC Platform? How does the Heritage Foundation's blueprint for changing the...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 26, 20244 min read
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[Inside] The Movement
Inside the Movement (ITM) is "a team of climate activists and journalists - the folks at EarthRise, Fossil Free Media, One Earth, The...
Rick Bonetti
May 17, 20242 min read


Oregon's 2024 Legislative Session
According to Alan Journet, "SOCAN's Federal and State Project Team survived a rather bland 2024 Oregon Legislative Session." during which...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 9, 20242 min read


National Week of Conversation
April 15-21, 2024 is National Week of Conversation - "An opportunity for Americans to show up for each other and for the country we love....
Rick Bonetti
Apr 2, 20242 min read


Merchants of Doubt
There are deep connections between politics and the fossil fuel industry and campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 22, 20243 min read
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