Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Take a deep breath and then ponder these words:
“We estimate that in the next 25 years the number of people living in water-stressed countries will up from around 800 million to 3 billion people.
“We argue that we are heading for an entirely predictable humanitarian catastrophe.”
These are the words of Kevin [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Give credit where due: Sir Nicholas Stern has certainly stirred up the conversation on global warming and climate change. The world’s economic elites don’t pay much attention to the environmentalists or the ecological doomsayers, but they will listen to one of their own.
So when doom becomes not just something about [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
[WARNING: This is a very long post-election post. Felt the need to do this.]
When the new Congress is sworn in next January, we will have our best hope in recent memory to open a national conversation on what needs to be done to address the threatening reality of global warming [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Well, you’ve probably noticed it has been raining in Washington State. A lot. Apocalyptic rains. Is this global warming?
Over and over again we hear it said that you cannot blame any single weather event on the heating of our planet. On the other hand, there are patterns over time.
So, check [...]