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Article: Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., on Ecophobia (REVIEW ESSAY) - Today I sing of Father Daniel P. Horans superb column titled Considering the spiritual roots of ecophobia amid climate change (dated September 21, 2023) at the website of the National Catholic Reporter.

Article: Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., on Ecophobia (REVIEW ESSAY) - Today I sing of Father Daniel P. Horans superb column titled Considering the spiritual roots of ecophobia amid climate change (dated September 21, 2023) at the website of the National Catholic Reporter.

In 1991 work began on filling in an extraordinary natural estuary home to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds on the southwestern coast of Korea. That same year, Korea successfully hosted the 17th World Scout Jamboree in Seoraksan National Park. Three decades later, the Jamboree would return to Korea, albeit on an utterly transformed landscape.

Orca, none of which may have existed without their progenitor in Jaws. Both Steph Cannon and Blu Gilliand recognize the impact of Spielberg’s ’75 classic not just on the genre, but the degree to which it shifted how folks relate to natural bodies of water in general. As Cannon describes, the film’s blockbuster success ravaged waterside communities the year of its release, taking a choice bite from local economies largely dependent on summer tourism—just as seen in the movie. While thes...