Moral Ground 2010
Do we have a moral or ethical responsibility to preserve the planet for the future? For the next two weeks, Rapidian reporters will be out and about asking Grand Rapids' leaders this question to jump-start the conversation before the Moral Ground Town Hall meeting taking place Tuesday, Oct. 26. The special coverage found here offers a look at the varied responses in our town.
Moral Ground 2010: A Visual Artist’s Environmental Perspective
by (rcmason)
Submitted 10-21-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
“I definitely think we have a moral and ethical obligation to protect our planet. Even more importantly we have an obligation to acquire the knowledge it takes to improve the environment around us, or at the least, help it to remain unharmed.” ~...
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...