Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
So much is already destroyed.
Catching up slowly with Ken’s Burns’ documentary series on the National Parks, “America’s Best Idea.” I’ve been to so many of them, treasures every one.
So last night I was watching the second in the series in which he tells the story of the flooding of the [...]
Tags: climate change, ecological grief, fertilize oceans with iron, geoengineering, global warming, hetch hetchy, manifest destiny, national parks, peru disappearing glaciers, yosemite
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
This will be our one post for the week. Following the Labor Day holiday, we’ll be back to our 2-3 posts per week pace. Lots to think about, but there is nothing like a fire of historic proportions to focus the mind.
Regular visitors know that we have written several times [...]
Tags: air pollution, american geophysical union, california wildfires, China incinerators, climate change, ecological overshoot, global warming, Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Who needs bad news on a late summer weekend? It is deliciously cool here along Lake Michigan, like early October. Summer will be back, but this brief interlude is one of those moments that reminds us of seasonal changes to come, that embedded within this August cool spell is anticipation [...]
Tags: altered planet, balance of life, climate change, deforestation, ecological hope, global warming, greenhouse gases, mato grosso, mercury contamination in fish, methane release
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yes, that’s what’s happening. While this stupid debate rages about whether or not climate is changing because of human-induced warming of the atmosphere, or will change, or how soon the change will come about — climate is changing. And some of the effects are already severe.
In this week’s edition of [...]
Tags: altered planet, australia, climate change, drought, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, persistent drought, Southwest U.S., tropical zone expanding