To tackle climate, experts say, environmentalists have to embrace big energy projects. Fast. . For decades, environmentalists have made their mark by stopping things. Petroleum facilities that spew toxic air pollution. Pipelines that cut across Indigenous lands. Drilling for oil and gas. But climate change is about to change everything. To cut U.S. greenhouse gas... Continue Reading →
This is a re-post from the Thinking is Power website maintained by Melanie Trecek-King where she regularly writes about many aspects of critical thinking in an effort to provide accessible and engaging critical thinking information to the general public. Please see this overview to find links to other reposts from Thinking is Power. And why most of what you... Continue Reading →
Science: What it is, how it works, and why it matters
Michael Mann on How to Win the Climate War and Avoid the Disaster
"The more society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those that speak it." - George Orwell “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” - Mark Twain YouTube Commenter - Angela Psaltou Video Source
If you think this might have nothing do with our Climate Emergency, think twice... Mental Health and positive outlook of our children and ourselves for that matter affect us much more than we might realize in tackling the Climate Emergency, not only that--this potential can be a sustainable measure depending how approached. You should see... Continue Reading →
America’s schoolyards are packed with potential.
With extreme heat waves in Europe, Asia, the United States and beyond, it’s clear climate change is making summers more dangerous and deadly. Urban areas are feeling the worst effects; a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. 2022 saw high temperatures in Kansas, Spain, Portugal, England (especially London), and India. But even within... Continue Reading →
As Heat Waves Worsen, THIS Policy Predicts Where People Will Die
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Found this gem in an old 1996 CD and I've been trying to find out who is the artist or group that produced this beautiful expression. Let me know if you recognize. Source
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison reveals his picks for the 5 most epic Earth healing projects in the world. Source
5 Most Epic Earth Healing Projects!
Our government should be doing much more to get Canadians out of cars altogether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement highlighting Budget 2022 investments in electric vehicle infrastructure in Victoria in April. Electric vehicles will be part of the solution, writes Paris Marx, but meeting the challenge of climate change will require taking on... Continue Reading →
Shifting to EVs is not enough. The deeper problem is our car dependence
Climate change is the largest crisis humanity has ever faced. But we can fix it. We built Wren to be your on-ramp to climate action. It's hard to know what to do about the climate crisis. We hear all the time that we should use reusable bags or go vegan or speak up more, but... Continue Reading →
Systemic change starts with you
We need to ground climate discourse in the present, not the future. . Remember when Donald Trump called climate change a hoax, suggesting it was invented by the Chinese to gain a trade advantage over the West? That was in 2016. By 2019, Trump claimed (equally falsely) that his administration was addressing climate change. Climate... Continue Reading →
How to Fight Climate “Delay”—Denial’s Hipper, More Dangerous Cousin
The Challenges of a Wind Turbine on Your Home
The truth about a wind turbine on your home. We’ve seen wind turbines popping up everywhere in the last few years for grid scale renewable energy installations. Solar panels for home has been a disruptive technology, but what if we could scale down wind turbines and install them on our home? In theory it sounds... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 