Category Archives: Steps in My Unfolding

Ecofeminism: My Introduction

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Patricia M. Bombard

During graduate studies at Mundelein College in Chicago from 1986 to 1991, I focused most of my coursework on Christian perspectives on social justice issues. Many of my instructors there encouraged examining these issues from the perspective of the feminist agenda and critique. Continue reading →

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5 Reasons Why I Cannot Call Earth My Mother

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Patricia M. Bombard

With all due respect to Indigenous Peoples for whom it continues to be a sacred term, I want to argue that one of the remedies for our current disastrous relationship to Earth is not to be found in our collective adoption of “Mother Earth” as a way of referring to our home planet. Continue reading →

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Moving Toward Action: My Introduction

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Patricia M. Bombard

One day in the early 1990’s – in fact though I do not recall the date, I clearly remember the moment – I was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth, and typically even then pondering the important questions in my life. That particular morning, I suddenly began to put some of the pieces of my conscious evolution and personal journey together into a future scenario. Continue reading →

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Our Most Wasted Resource: Our Capacity for Good

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Patricia M. Bombard

As Aristotle taught, people do not naturally or spontaneously grow up to be morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as a result of a lifelong personal and community effort. – Jon Moline On December 10, … Continue reading →

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Moving Thomas Berry’s Legacy Forward

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Patricia M. Bombard

My friends who knew him well are this year inviting all of us to celebrate November 9th what would have been the 100th birthday of Thomas Berry, whose “Dream of the Earth” inspires us to a new vision of our human-Earth relationship. Continue reading →

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Emerging Thoughts: Women’s Leadership and Conscious Business

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Patricia M. Bombard

Yesterday afternoon, I attended a three-hour networking forum hosted by the Chicago Chapter of Conscious Capitalism and Tiara International LLC, a global company focused on providing women’s leadership development. I was very grateful for the opportunity to step away from my desk and hear from women and men whose values and leadership practices seem to echo my own. Time within the session was too short for me to bring forward what were my intuitive, emerging thoughts in critique of the conversation. Continue reading →

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