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Book Review of The Story of More by Hope Jahren

Book Review of The Story of More by Hope Jahren

The story of more: how we got to climate change and where to go from here, by Hope Jahren.  Vintage Canada, 2020.  208 p. Readers who share my fondness for global statistics will find The story of more jam-packed with interesting numbers.  But far from being a dry...
The Undisguised Brutality of the Time

The Undisguised Brutality of the Time

2020 will be remembered as the year that a novel coronavirus brought the entire world to a standstill.  Before the end of June COVID-19 had infected more than ten million people worldwide and had killed more than half a million.  There is no end in sight: new virus...
Prophet and Fool

Prophet and Fool

I come to you as prophet,I come to you as fool By Scott Lawrance   Mono-  poly-  animism Stories floating in th pool I come to you as prophet I come to you as fool   Brilliant pool in which Darkness reigns Empty pool through which bright light swims Ebony...
A Roadmap to a Renaissance

A Roadmap to a Renaissance

Introducing COVID-19 In late February of this year we learned that there was a virus outbreak in Wuhan, China. I remember feeling uneasy, but somehow reassured because it was over ‘there’. Like so many, I had forgotten that the distance between ‘here’ and ‘there’ has...
A Recovery Plan for Planet Earth

A Recovery Plan for Planet Earth

Greatest Health Challenge of the Century BC is in the midst of 3 health crises, with recovery plans underway for the COVID-19 crisis and measures still evolving for the opioid crisis. Planning for the recovery of the third health crisis the climate crisis, still seems...