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Our Human Condition – Trapped by the Familiar. It’s why Governmental or Economic Decisions are So Often Wrong when Environment is Involved.
The current kerfuffle over the expansion of the Kinder-Morgan pipeline that ships tar sands crude from Alberta to an export terminal on the coast of British Columbia is a sorry story. It demonstrates that most leaders seem incapable of looking outside the box, never mind acting outside it. Anthropocene times require out of the box … Continue reading
. Catching Cod, or Not… Fisheries Management and the Anthropocene
The people of Newfoundland are a patient lot, but their patience has been further tested this month. And that test provides me a teaching moment: Our negative impacts on the world can be halted, but we assume too often that when they are halted, the world will recover, promptly and smoothly, to its former condition. … Continue reading
Why 12th December 2015 might have been the High Point in our Struggle to contain Climate Change.
Polar bears may be in more trouble than we had thought. The environmental NGOs learned long ago that certain large animals were charismatic and could become valuable poster children for their conservation efforts. That’s why the giant panda features on the corporate logo of WWF, the Worldwide Fund for Nature, formerly and still widely … Continue reading