Climate Change Jargon
Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of…
“The climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis”
Last Sunday I was moved by reading the “The Forward to a Report by UNICEF:“The climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis,” written by youth members of Friday For Future,…
It’s Time to Act
We have had a month of heat wave disasters in the United States and Canada and a month of flood disasters in Europe. Scientists are in general agreement that these…
Heat Wave
I'm in Santa Cruz, California, vacationing with my family. At the end of last week, the National Weather Service was posting warnings of a new heat wave for the state,…
It’s Time to Get Political about Creation Care
It’s all very well to recycle as much as we can, buy natural products, avoid consumerism and try to live more simply, but the best way to fight climate change…
Ways to Engage in Sustainable Living
Last week’s article was pretty grim, surveying the ways polluting industries are working to undermine environmental reforms. But not all environmental news is bad. There are many encouraging signs on…
The New “Big Lie”
Our heart and help goes out to the Texans who had to suffer through the winter disaster. As for some of their politicians, it’s a different matter. After initially admitting…
Living the Zero Waste Life
Although there are arguments about where the most pollution comes from, industry or human consumers, Lloyd Alter reports that a study from “the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Aalto…
Environmental Politics
The last few weeks have both been shocking and have marked a major transition in our government’s relationship to climate change. So now is the moment when we need to…
Predictions, Resolutions and Gardening for 2021
It’s still early enough in January to take some guesses about the coming year and to make some resolutions. Maybe you recognize Bill McKibben’s name, but don’t know who he…