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 Still Plastic Free July
You can still do your part to reduce the world's plastic glut by signing up for the official Plastic Free July newsletters with tips on avoiding single use plastic and…
The July Plastic Free Ecochallenge
The Columbus Zoo, along with other zoos and wildlife conservation organizations, invites us to join the movement to refuse single-use plastics. The month of July, 2021, the zoo and partners…
World Environment Day
"World Environment Day is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform…
Environmental News Sources
I don't know where you get your news about climate change and environmental issues. I subscribe to quite a few newsletters. Sometimes I find something I want to highlight in…
Good Sources for Creation Care Shopping
I don’t imagine myself as an “Influencer,” and no one is going to pay me for mentioning products. I don’t have 15 million followers. But, in my own struggles to…
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…
Celebrating Earth Day (with a Chorus of Cicadas)
It may be a quiet spring now, due to remaining COVID restrictions, but it will soon get very raucous in Central Ohio. Millions of Cicada’s are waking from their 17…
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…