Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Yesterday we presented examples of two different visions of our global climate crisis and the way to respond to it — one being denial, subterfuge, and self-interest, the other being fully facing the crisis and taking responsibility for it. Then I visit the Washington Post online this morning [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Okay, this is depressing. Pay attention, folks who live east of the Mississippi River, those of you in Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Plains states — folks in DC, NYC, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis….. It is going to get very hot. Our lack of effective action to cut greenhouse gas [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: In light of yesterday’s post, thought I would send this article from Reuters, about how climate change is threatening California’s water supply. Drastic loss of snow pack due to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions appears to be the principal culprit. This is pretty stunning stuff. This is [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: It would be too easy to consign all this crazy weather we’re having to climate change caused by global warming. Weather is not the same as climate, and this country has always had volatile weather. The spring floods along the Missouri River are not unusual, nor is dry [...]