Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Some weather we’re having, right? Okay, we repeat the less-than-reassuring mantra one more time: weather is not the same as climate. A few extreme weather events prove little in regard to how global warming may be impacting global climate patterns. Still, this is looking pretty troubling. As one [...]
This year began with more disturbing news about our mounting ecological crisis, with a new political dynamic in Washington DC, and some exciting new possibilities for this project. So here’s the news update: First of all, our world will cross another population threshold this year. In 2011 we will surpass the 7 billion mark, adding [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: This morning I received an email from a friend and colleague taking issue with one sentence from my previous post. In writing about how we are not prepared to address our multiple ecological crises, I note that one reason is this: “We aren’t making good decisions about any [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: So you probably already heard this, that 2010 tied with 2005 for the warmest year on record globally, and broke records for the wettest. There is certainly some connection in that, really. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, while warmer, moister air holds more energy for storm systems. [...]