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Category Archives: Climate change
2022 – Make it a Green Year!
The person tasked with engaging and educating students and staff on sustainability at my university has posted some very useful and, importantly, manageable Tips for Living Green in 2022. I’m sharing this post in its entirety, with a few minor … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change
Tagged Climate change, Going Green, living green, New Year's resolutions, tips for living green
29 Comments
Map Monday: COP26, outcomes, a few maps and lots of charts
As of this past weekend, the much anticipated COP26 has wrapped up its deliberations. Wrapped up are the presentations, pleas, protests, political posturing, and final compromise agreement. Sorry, folks, but compromises and grand talk with insufficient action is too little, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Map Monday
Tagged Climate change, CO2 emissions, COP26, existential crisis, maps, Out and Abouter
27 Comments
A good news story from Pakistan … think trees
I don’t usually post a story straight from a news source, but I really want to share this one, and many (aka most) readers don’t follow links to external sources. So rather than simply provide this link to Tik Root’s … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics
Tagged 1 billion trees, 10 billion trees, Climate change, erosion, inspiration, Pakistan, Tik Root, tree planting
25 Comments
From orangutans to mosquitos in just 24 hours
Last week a fellow blogger, Debra Purdy Kong, alerted her readers to the fact that August 12 was World Elephant Day. Being someone who is very concerned about the number of the world’s animals whose survival is endangered and even … Continue reading
Cigarettes, big oil, and the power of corporate interests
Drew Dellinger pretty well says it all in his compelling 2006 poem, Hieroglyphic Stairway. In fact, he pretty well says it all in his first stanza. it’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great great grandchildren won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics
Tagged cigarettes and health, climate denial, coal, container ships, corporate interests, cruise ships, Drew Dellinger, fossil fuel, Hieroglyphic Stairway, lobbyists, oil and gas, oil and gas industry, political donations, politics, tobacco denial, tobacco industry
53 Comments
Wordless Wednesday: please don’t let it come to this
Posted in Climate change, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged air quality, Climate change, deforestation, Pollution
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Indigenous Peoples Day, lessons in environmental stewardship and more
Today is not just the third Monday of my postings for National Indigenous History Month, it’s also National Indigenous Peoples Day. It’s a day for celebrating Indigenous knowledge and culture, and Indigenous contributions to our planet. [You can find some … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics
Tagged cooperation, egalitarian, environment, environmental stewardship, equality, humility, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous values, National Indigenous History Month, National Indigenous Peoples Day, respect, Seven Grandfathers, Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers, wisdom
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