ENVIRONMENT: Our Beleaguered Earth

Ukraine, China’s spy balloons, divisive US politics fueled by the media (not just social), the far-right loonies and liars, the odd economy with low unemployment, inflation starting to come down, fear of recession abating, but public perception not changing—proof of our absurd world. All that aside, CLIMATE CHANGE is our number one threat. An existential … Read more

First, what exactly is sustainability? There are a few definitions, but most incorporate three basic principles: Environment, Economy, Social, aka Planet, Profits, People. Environment includes the emission of all of the greenhouse gases, the use of water, pesticides, and herbicides, and the transportation and processing impacts of creating an agricultural product for the market place. … Read more

We have met the enemy, and he is us (and U.S.) [Thanks to Walt Kelly and Pogo] Most of the residents of the United States (not to mention the world at large), whether north, south, east, or west, red or blue have felt the impacts of climate change. As individuals we have to take some … Read more

As I mulled over where to go for science-based, practical, factual solutions and what to include in this post, I kept coming up with the word survival, rather than solutions. So I decided to look up the origins of both words, unable to avoid my going off on one of my tangents to explore phrases … Read more

Plutarch, Sophocles, and Shakespeare all wrote about what can happen to the bearer of bad news. Nevertheless, I will tempt this fate. Not only have I warned about the end of democracy, but now the end of civilization and the biosphere in which we live. Wait, all is NOT lost. First a brief history lesson … Read more

Surely you must realize that climate change and the impact of the coal and oil and gas industries are killing your voters, just as COVID-19 is, although the numbers for a specific time period may not be as dramatic, they are there. I believe you have a family that includes children and grandchildren, as I also do. Do you not care what kind of habitable world they will have to live in? Please take a look at your grandchildren and tell me you can’t support the necessary climate change and transitions needed for our and everyone else’s grandchildren to survive in a healthier world?