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November 14, 2014

china doesn’t have an “environmental” problem

By: James Miller

[caption id="attachment_726" align="alignright" width="300"] From an article on China's cancer villages at RT.com[/caption] China doesn't have an "environmental“ problem. The language of "environment" continues the false notion that nature constitutes an objective reality extrinsic to human subjectivity, accessible through science,...
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July 9, 2013

journey of the universe

By: James Miller

At the end of June I had the privilege of speaking at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York. The topic for the week was the film Journey of the Universe, by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker. If you...
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December 2, 2011

religion, ecology and nationalism

By: James Miller

Should environmentalists support conservation projects that also serve to bolster right wing nationalist agendas? This was one of the questions that was discussed last month at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, in San Francisco. I spoke on...
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November 19, 2010

ecological civilization

By: James Miller

[caption id="attachment_400" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Delegates at the Sino-US Forum on Ecological Civilization and Sustainable Development"][/caption]I was in Beijing and Tianjin recently for a week of conferences related to "ecological civilization" (shengtai wenming 生态文明) an important new buzzword, the precise meaning...
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November 5, 2009

china’s green religion

By: James Miller

[caption id="attachment_309" align="alignright" width="300" caption="James Miller attending the Laozi Conference in the Great Hall of the People"][/caption] I'm at the First Summit on Laozi and Daoist Culture, which is taking place this week in Beijing. The Summit is the work...
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