I’ve been blogging here from time to time over more than a decade. The focus has changed over the years, but mostly I have been discussing recent events dealing with the environmental crisis. This focus was part of my belief… Read More »It’s 2024 and This Blog is Going to Change
I’ve recently returned from a small conference in Mexico. It concerned the state of the coastal ocean. I listened to the same discussions of the same problems that have featured at such conferences for decades. We are overfishing. Our coastal… Read More »Wildfires in Canada, The Complexity of the Mess We Make
April 22nd 2023. The fifty-third Earth Day. A day when, hopefully, we all pause and reflect on what we have been doing to our home. A day when, hopefully, at least some of us become inspired to do better, to… Read More »How Do We Plan For an Orderly Collapse of Human Civilization?
We are said to be mere stardust. Most of the elements that make up our bodies were initially created deep within stars and distributed through the cosmos during supernovas when stars collapsed and died. Some people stress we are 60%… Read More »Humanity and its Impacts on Our Planet; Can We Develop Sustainably?
As I reflect on 2022, I am buoyed by all the evidence of progress being made in our global efforts to confront the damage we are doing to our only home. But I am, if anything, even more pessimistic than… Read More »CoP27, CoP15, the Party’s Over. Where Does the World Stand as 2022 Comes to its End?