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Line 3 Resistance Update from Brenna

Happy New Year to all! It's been some months since we learned that the felony charges would be dropped for the Four Necessity Valve...

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A Cool Day in August

Here in Chicago, we occasionally get a cool day out of the blue. When I first moved here, I thought of it as natural air-conditioning,...

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An Interview with the Valve Turners

Brenna Cussen-Anglada and Michele Naar-Obed offer this spiritual reflection on (and introduction to) the actions and motivations of the...

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Coronavirus Read: The Overstory

A few members of our time have read The Overstory by Richard Powers, and the consensus is that it is a very good read. A story about...

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Coronavirus Climate Read: Braiding Sweetgrass

Last month, while urban farming and foraging for sour cherries, I listened to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Not long after,...

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Summer Solstice - the Fullness of Time

Today is the longest day of the year - the day when the most light falls on the earth. In agrarian societies, this day was a time to...

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Environmental Protection Rollbacks

While we are at home, things are happening out in the world. Some of the most hopeful are the reduction of pollution and return of...

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Practicing Protest

It occurs to me that many of you who read this blog have taken part in protests. Perhaps that's why the story and updates of the Four...

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to live and to love in a dying world

People are asking, more and more, if there are any updates about our trial date given the pandemic. To be honest, it is somewhere in the...

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USDA Zone Changes - 1990 to Today

All of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, and most of the support team, tend a garden or a farm in one way or another. Whether you live in...

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Federal Judge Blocks DAPL

On the grounds that authorities issuing permits, including the Army Corps of Engineers, did not sufficiently take into account the...

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Activism in the Time of Coronavirus

On this day, it is a wonder to think that we are living through this time where people are choosing to put health over profit. Long the...

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March: Climate Defense News Round Up!

Do you find yourself with more time to read these days? Here's a rundown of articles (mostly featured on our facebook page during the...

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Practicing a new paradigm: Hope

I want to talk to you about the hope in the world today. One topic flooded email, social media and conversation this past weekend,...

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Expect the end of the world.

When we were last together on retreat in February, we spent some time slipping deep into this well-known poem by Wendell Berry. In this...

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In Case You Missed It

Back in the fall, Geez Magazine featured a piece by Brenna Cussen Anglada on the Four Necessity Valve Turners in their Fall Climate...

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Anthropocene

The Valve Turners have been inspired by many books on climate change. At a recent talk given by Elizabeth Kolbert on her book, The Sixth...

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Climate News Roundup

Have you noticed the excellent content on our facebook page, curated by Lydia of Emmaus House Catholic Worker in Chicago? Recent articles...

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Is there room for hope?

"There’s hope in the world when lots of people are working to protect our relationship with the earth and to try to live in right...

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Update: Celebration & Court

Hi friends, it's been a little while. We are so grateful for your support and care over the last year. On February 4th, we were again...

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