Black and white thinking must go. Clannish thinking must go. Refusal to question or change, must be overcome. Factory farming must be banned. Agriculture and food must go organic. Industrial…
A dream homestead garden? Ok, so this is not a subject to everyone’s taste or interest, clearly. Nor is it my usual domain, but it is related. I tend to…
More than 150 years ago Thoreau commented, “Our sills are all rotten.” He was right. It is for that reason that Western, and Westernized, “modern” “civilization” is collapsing. This could…
We’ve got new oracles to advise the government how to get out of the current high-carbon death spiral with our asses more or less intact. They’re called the Canadian Institute…
You might not have seen video of the dramatic flash flooding that swept the historic town centre of Elliott City, Maryland, but that doesn’t matter. Perhaps you didn’t see the…
They don’t have a clue. Your federal government and our various provincial governments are in the same boat. None of them has assessed the risks we face from climate change…
If there’s one thing we need to get much better at it’s learning to deal with the unexpected. It’s a huge understatement to note that, on so many fronts, we’re…
Species may be more adaptive to environmental changes than we thought, but small shifts can still be enough to cause extinctions. Snowshoe hares are facing increasing challenges as snow patterns…
“Resilience.” It’s the new climate change buzz word. It applies to individuals, communities, institutions, and infrastructure. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from repeated climate change impacts. It’s the…
“These guys” are the Brits. What they’re doing is taking an inventory of their transportation infrastructure to assess its vulnerability to severe storm events caused by ‘early onset’ climate change.…
Little pig, little pig Let me come in Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in. Obama’s…
Stanford researchers have found Americans believe in climate change and acknowledge the risks but just don’t want to pay for the measures that would be needed to deal with them.…
It goes like this: “If we had had more ambition , we would not have to ask for so much for adaptation. If there had been more money for adaptation…
The rearguard argument of the fossil fuelers is that "we'll adapt." Don't make a big deal out of this, we'll find ways to cope.It's the same argument that we, the…
You may have heard about the waves of wildfires sweeping across Colorado for the past several weeks that continue to rage with no end in sight. Welcome to the new…
Canadian cities are world leaders in preparing for the impacts of climate change. That is according to a new report from M.I.T. . The report provides the first global survey…
Canadian cities are world leaders in preparing for the impacts of climate
Canadian cities are world leaders in preparing for the impacts of climate
Melting Ice People WWF Rosa Merk.jpg Chances are, if you're already concerned about being off'ed by climate change, it's probably because you imagine being swept away by a super-charged hurricane,…
It’s easy to forget that climate change hasn’t always been such a partisan issue. This is Mitt Romney, current Republican front-runner, in 2003: “I think the global warming debate is…
