Climates Timekeeper: How a Himalayan Clock Holds the Key to Climate Action
Peering back at the prehistoric cracks in the ice I see a clear picture, a quiet clock slowly ticking in reverse as if to keep track of just what kind of time we have left.
Peering back at the prehistoric cracks in the ice I see a clear picture, a quiet clock slowly ticking in reverse as if to keep track of just what kind of time we have left.
The electrification of energy should go global only if it is by and for those where the transition occurs.
The world is not black or white. It is an infinite tapestry of overlapping hues, and we need dissenting voices that don’t just sing the white-washed way.
What’s really needed to reduce climate risk is a coordinated effort to greatly shrink humanity’s overall energy usage and material consumption, along with massive investments in nature-based carbon removal.
In The Story Is in Our Bones, author, activist and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake draws on decades of experience to provide a remarkable exploration of the way forward, intriguingly captured in the subtitle How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis.
As someone who has long been both pro-environment and anti-war, I hope that my words can play a part in providing a bridge between the two movements.
It has been concluded that the best chance for preserving the Amazon, and its ability to buffer against climate change, lies in placing formally protected areas and lands in the charge of indigenous peoples.
My hope is that what I have shared here will convince others of the powerful opportunity we all have to rise up against prevailing messages intent on keeping us powerless, and to experience in the company of others our ability to effect change. May we all have strong hearts and loving companions for such a journey.
If someone’s gut reaction is to dismiss talk of modernity’s demise as dismal doomerism, I wonder what bolsters their confidence in the opposite conclusion.
Melanie emphasizes the importance of engaging with the earth not as a resource but as a teacher, a source of healing and wisdom.
The new research, published in a peer-reviewed biological sciences journal from The Royal Society, suggests that resilience is an ability that societies can gain and lose over time. Researchers found that a stable society can withstand even a dramatic climate shock, whereas a small shock can lead to chaos in a vulnerable one.
We are sensible. And sense will always produce more real information than can ever be spat out by insensate remote programming.