MoralGround2010
Moral Ground 2010: Every Effort Counts
by (becky.spldng)
Submitted 10-20-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
“I like to live closely to the philosophy of ‘take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.'"~ Lindsay Sagorski, MSU graduate and former resident of Grand Rapids, now a Senior Civil Engineering Assistant in Los Angeles, CA...
Moral Ground 2010: The Biology of Responsibility
by (Apion)
Submitted 10-20-2010 under OPINION
"When I see students eating snacks from the vending machine, I cringe at all the packaging they have to remove just to eat them." ~ Laurie Foster, Professor of Biology at GRCC Professor Laurie Foster has been a Professor of Biology at Grand...
Moral Ground 2010: A Call For Social Reconstruction
by (mhall)
Submitted 10-19-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
“Of course we do. That’s what we are wired to do, it’s our natural state.”~ Chrysta Coronado, Herbalist Chrysta Coronado arrives at the local coffee shop slightly frenzied and apologizing for being five minutes late. It seems while cycling...Moral Ground 2010: Responsibility of the Co-Creators
by (rm.sarros)
Submitted 10-18-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"We are co-creators of the Earth...we must take responsibility.”~ Fr. Leonard Sudlik, St. Robert of Newminster Catholic Church The book "Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril" poses the question of whether or not human beings...
Moral Ground 2010: Presidential Recycling
by (Apion)
Submitted 10-18-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"Yes. Now if you would have asked me that question back in Pennsylvania I would have still answered yes, but I would not have been able to answer how in specifics." ~ Steven Ender, Ed.D., President of Grand Rapids Community College "Moral...
Moral Ground 2010: A Bioenergetic View of Environmental Ethics
by (mhall)
Submitted 10-17-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"The earth is our Mother...We have as much responsibility to her [the earth] as we do to any living being.” ~ Pam Allard, Lakota Ceremonialist, Bioenergeticist Pam Allard of Grand Rapids has studied the relationship between humans and the...
Asking Grand Rapids the 'Moral Ground' question
by (mlesert)
Submitted 10-11-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Do we have a moral or ethical responsibility to preserve the planet for the future? This question is at the heart of a new book, "Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril," and a series of town hall meetings taking place across the nation...