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How Could This Happen?
Is this question like the question of how did the fox get into the chicken coop? If so, then we might focus on the failure of...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 12


Our Political Climate is in Crisis
Like the natural world, the world of politics changes temperature depending on its climate. The current heat waves, fires, and floods...

Marvin T. Brown
Jun 25, 2024


The Climate in Egypt and Qatar
If you want to see what a “climate of justice” looks like, look at the COP27 meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. First, the rich nations...

Marvin T. Brown
Nov 22, 2022


Protecting the Earth’s Integrity
To create a sustainable future, we had better learn how to protect the Earth’s integrity. We could start by knowing what violating its...

Marvin T. Brown
Nov 1, 2022


An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism
Reading the books, Settler Memory by Kevin Bruyneel and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, has led me to reflect again on the...

Marvin T. Brown
Aug 25, 2022


The War Against Contemporary and Future Civilians
As I wrote and rewrote A Climate of Justice, my view of civilians kept changing. I thought I had a clear notion when the book was...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 30, 2022


They Knew. So What?
One might think that it’s the oil, gas and coal companies that are to blame for creating our climate crisis, but as Gus Speth’s book,...

Marvin T. Brown
Oct 13, 2021


Resetting our American Thermostat
Did you ever wonder what prevents us from moving closer to a climate of justice—a social predisposition for fairness? Could it be a kind...

Marvin T. Brown
Jul 14, 2021


What Kind of Trouble Are We In?
We are in trouble. Is it “good trouble” as advocated by John Lewis, or some other kind? Are we heading toward something like the...

Marvin T. Brown
Sep 30, 2020


Why has the Environmental Movement failed us?
It’s not clear what question Michael Moore’s new film, “Planet of the Humans” is trying to answer, but a good guess would be that it is a...

Marvin T. Brown
Apr 27, 2020


The Pandemic and Climate Change
Can we take the economic slowdown caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic as an occasion to design a more sustainable future? That’s the...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 29, 2020


Who will protect us?
All human communities have to do three things: provide for one another, protect one another, and find social meaning. If a community does...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 3, 2020
The Tailwinds of American Prosperity
The tailwinds are strong They carry our wrongs, If things don’t change, we’ll get where we’re going. Some suffer, some don’t Some go with...

Marvin T. Brown
Feb 17, 2020
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