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- Leave a comment here. You can tell people a little about yourself and your blog. How do your interests intersect with Gaiatribe’s field?
- Next, visit the person who commented above you and read their latest blog post.
- Leave a comment on their site that includes the tagline: Hello, Elizabeth Barrette sent me.
You’re all invited to participate. You can visit more than one blog if you wish. If you are the first person to comment, just say hello to me, and I’ll visit you too! Remember that Gaiatribe uses CommentLuv, so every comment shows people what you are blogging about. Finally, if your blog aspires to a thriving community, you might want to try the Weekend Meet’n’Greet meme there.
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Ginx 06.13.09 at 10:40 pm
I found your site while randomly browsing through blogs.
I would say my blog is similar to your blog… in a way. I would imagine your blog to be a straight line, and mine would be a curvy, sinusoid line that intersects at various points. And though our lines do not appear that related, I believe we are both headed in the same direction.
I too have a strong sense of obligation towards the Earth, both as our home and as the home of future generations. While I consider myself an atheist who denounces organized religion, there is no doubt that what I would call “natural law” and ”biology,” you could just as effectively argue to be religious by virtue of its order and beauty.
I look forward to reading your views and suggestions on topics of environmentalism, as well as regarding natural religion (animism? pantheism?).
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Elizabeth Barrette Reply:
June 13th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Welcome! I’m glad you found my blog interesting. I’m intrigued by some parts of yours, and left you a comment.
“I too have a strong sense of obligation towards the Earth, both as our home and as the home of future generations. While I consider myself an atheist who denounces organized religion, there is no doubt that what I would call “natural law” and ”biology,” you could just as effectively argue to be religious by virtue of its order and beauty.”
You just described the Gaian path: reverence of the Earth as our progenitor and only home, without necessarily personifying or deifying it. This is often considered a nontheist branch of Paganism, although some people classify it with the secular religions (like secular humanism).
I’m familiar with animism, pantheism, and some other related beliefs. (I used to run a Pagan/Gaian magazine.) My own flavor of natural religion is theist, although that’s not all of it. I post some spiritual discussions here, but most of this blog is more concrete. Genteel discussion is welcome.
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Small Foogprints 06.14.09 at 9:53 am
I’m back for more meeting and greeting.
Reduce Footprints is a blog about easy ways to walk a little gentler on the earth. My belief is that all efforts, big and small, count when it comes to saving our planet.
We’ve started a new feature … “Change The World Wednesdays”. Each week I’ll be posting a green challenge. The idea is to get as many people as possible to do the same green activity during the same week. The hope is that we’ll have an impact … and maybe change the world.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Small Footprints
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Elizabeth Barrette Reply:
June 14th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I’m delighted to see some regulars in the Weekend Meet-n-Greet posts!I also love your “Change the World Wednesdays” idea. Feel free to comment about that here anytime our topics happen to overlap.
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