Category: Spirituality and Environment

Articles on Spirituality and the Environment by the Institute Director along with occasional guest writers.

Witness 1
Spirituality and Environment

Inland Drilling

On the southern shore of Lake Superior, rugged edges of deep green forest merge with cliffs of sandstone and million-year-old granite to mark the northern boundary of Powell Township. For most Michigan citizens, this remains a remote, forgotten corner of the Upper Peninsula, an economically depressed region that economists often call America's "second Appalachia." For those who live here, it has become a battleground between an international mining company and a patchwork coalition of
Lake Superior Shoreline
Spirituality and Environment

The Awakening

Canal Street is one of the jewels of Duluth's commercial district. Located on the water's edge of Lake Superior's largest port city, perched on foundations of old industrial docks, it's a glistening neighborhood of upscale art galleries, restaurants, gift shops and bookstores.