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, an...

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

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 tree...

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

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 cele...

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 wildli...

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 Nec...

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 ...

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...

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

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 m...

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 las...

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

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 m...

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

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 ...

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

"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 relatio...

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 tog...

Friday was a global climate strike. Did you take action? There's still time, all this week and into the future. Many of us did, each acco...